Oregon

How oregon got its name

• Oregon got its name from the Columbia
• River which used to be called the Oregon
• River. Its nickname is the Beaver State 
• because there are so many beavers in
• Oregon.

Motto

• Oregon's motto is "She Flies With Her
• Own Wings," it means that it is a free
• state. They got this motto when they were
• trying to decide wether to be loyal to Britian
• or the U.S. but decided to be independent.

Population

• As of 2014, Oregon has an overall
• population of 3,931,816. It is made up
• mostly of logging workers, power distributors
• and dispatchers (one job name), and logging
• equipment operators.

Major cities and U.s. Region

• Some major cities in Oregon are 
• Portland, Salem, and Eugene. Oregon
•   is in the Pacific Northwest region of the
• U.S. and entered statehood on February
• 14, 1859.

Geographic Features

• Some physical features of Oregon are
• many, many mountains with lots of trees
• and low, treeless plains. Oregon's highest
• point is Mt. Hood, rising at 11,239 feet and
• its lowest point being sea level.

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• Did you know that Oregon's total land area
• is 98,386 square miles? Crater Lake in Oregon
•  is the deepest lake in the U.S.! It's 1,943 feet
• deep! Oregon's Columbia River forms most of
• the border between Oregon and Washington.

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• Oregon's average high temperature is 62
• degrees Fahrenheit and its low is about 35
• degrees Fahrenheit. Oregon's average yearly rainfall
• is about 120 inches. Oregon's climate is very oceanic
• in Western Oregon and arid in Eastern Oregon.

natural resources

• Oregon's natural resources include stilbite,
• gold, chabazite, and cavansite. Some plants
• and animals are the Roosevelt elk, the rocky
• mountain elk, the black tailed deer, the mule
• deer, the white tailed deer, and beaver.

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• Some trees in Oregon are spruce,
• hemlock, Douglas fir, white fir, grand
• fir, and pine.

Government

• Oregon's governor as of now is John
• Kitzhaber. Its capital is Salem, a large city in
• the northwest area of Oregon. It is a big, happy
• nice city. There are 5 repersentatives and 2 senators
• of Oregon. Oregon has 7 electoral votes.

WHy I Chose Oregon

• I chose Oregon because I have never been
• there and I would like to go there sometime.
• I learned that Oregon has the deepest lake in
• the U.S. If I could go to Oregon I would go
• to Salem.