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Oregon

Oregon . Marie Ojasalu Merke Maria Alev Karl Kütt Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium. General information. Oregon Became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Is situated in the Pacific Northwest region of the USA. Has a population of just over 3.8 million. The capital city is Salem.

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Oregon

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  1. Oregon Marie Ojasalu Merke Maria Alev Karl Kütt Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium

  2. General information Oregon • Became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. • Is situated in the Pacific Northwest region of the USA. • Has a population of just over 3.8 million. • The capital city is Salem. • The biggest city is Portland. • Is the site of the deepest lake in the USA, Crater Lake. • Is most known for Nike.

  3. The map of the United Sates – Oregon is marked with red.

  4. Salem • State capital. • Was founded in 1842. • Population – 155,469 (2009). • Nickname – The Cherry City • The movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was shot at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem.

  5. Portland • The most populous city. • Was founded in 1845. • Population – 582,130 (2009). • Known as The City of Roses. • The friendship city of Tallinn.

  6. Crater Lake • Deepest lake in the USA and in the Western Hemisphere. • Maximum depth is 594m. • The lake is 8 by 10km across.

  7. Oregon sand dunes • Largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America. • Some dunes tower up to 150 meters above sea level. • The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.

  8. Haystack rock • 72-meter tall monolith rock formation. • Was formed by lava flows approximately 10 to 17 mln years ago. • The third-tallest such structure in the world.

  9. Multnomah falls • Total height 189 m. • Tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon. • Third tallest year-round waterfall in the United States.

  10. More sites John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills unit. Hells Canyon.

  11. More sites Mount Hood – tallest mountain in Oregon. Newberry National Volcanic Monument.

  12. Famous people from Oregon Linus Pauling - chemist, Nobel Prize winner. Matt Groening – cartoonist, the author of “The Simpsons” and “Futurama”. Herbert Hoover – the 31st President of the United States

  13. Famous people from Oregon Margaux Hemingway – Granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, an American fashion model and actress Courtney Love – actress and musician Clark Gable – actor, famous for his role as Rhett Buttler in the movie “Gone with the wind”

  14. Used material • Priit Pullerits “Ameerika. Lääneranniku pilvelõhkujatest idaranniku kanjoniteni” (2008). • http://www.oregon.com/attractions • http://www.oregon.com/south_coast_attractions/oregon_dunes • http://www.oregon.com/photo-gallery • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon • http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/usa_map_small.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem,_Oregon • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystack_Rock • http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/newberrynvm/general.shtml • http://www.planetware.com/picture/newberry-national-historic-monument-newberry-crater-us-or179.htm

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