Cascadia

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The name Cascadia, which is derived from the name of the Cascade Range, can refer to:

Cities:

• Cascadia, Oregon, a ghost town
• Cascadia, Washington, a planned community

Geology:

• Cascadia subduction zone
• Cascadia earthquake, a name with which a great earthquake that took place in 1700 has been dubbed by some geologists^[1]
• Cascadia, a name used in the early 20th century for a landmass once thought to exist in the recent geologic past in the northeast Pacific Ocean^[2]
• Cascadia Basin, a basin between the coast and Explorer Ridge, Juan de Fuca Ridge, and Gorda Ridge, covering a vast area offshore from approximately the Klamath Mountains to north of Vancouver Island

Other:

• Cascadia or Republic of Cascadia, a proposed country
• Cascadia, as a term to refer to the Pacific Northwest^{[citation needed]}
• Cascadia, a bioregion consisting of coastal regions of Lower Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California ^[3]

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