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=Bigfoot to Nessie | Location | Place| HEI | Movement | Region |=

**"What Is It Like To Live There?"**
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Physical Features
The Pacific Northwest is an area of North America that receives a lot of rain and is very wet. This is because of the mountain ranges that cross the region, the Rockies, the Cascade Range, the Olympic Mountains, and the Columbia Mountains. There are also many active volcanoes such as [|Mount, Rainier, Hood and St. Helen's]. If the area isn’t full of mountains it is a plateau. The Columbia Plateau is between the Cascade and Rocky Mountain ranges, and provides plenty of flat land and rolling hills. There are extensive, lush forests with some of the largest trees in the world in this area that make for a good environment for a larger than life creature like Bigfoot to live. The Columbia River, which cuts through the region, begins in the northern Rockies of British Columbia and continues south to the Washington- Oregon border and into the Pacific. The river is the fourth largest in the United States and stretches one thousand two hundred and forty-four miles.

Cultural Features
The region remember for the hippie movement the swept the area in the early 1960’s. The people that live in the area are also very environmentally friendly and are known for their green movements in recycling, energy saving, and their uses of mass public transportation. The major cities of the area are Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Spokane. The city of Vancouver is the headquarters of [|Greenpeace] which works internationally to preserved the environment and protect what we have left. The area is home to many Native American tribes, that have very different and diverse backgrounds, beliefs and traditions, such as the Chinook, Quileute and Makah tribes. To add to the cultural list, the Pacific Northwest is known for its indie music, and is home to many different bands and artists like Nirvana, Foo fighters, Nickelback and Pearl Jam.

[|Click here to listen to "My Hero" by Foo Fighters, a native band of Seattle.] (You Tube Video)

Comparative Study
===Physical Features=== Nessie’s lake is located in the highlands of northern Scotland. Loch Ness is one of the largest freshwater lakes, that also holds more water than any other lake in the British Isles. It is southwest of the Inverness and the River Ness. The word “loch” is a Scottish word for lake, or a long strip of water. The lake was formed from moving glaciers in a twenty four mile stretch of the Great Glen, a Geologic rift the separates the plates of Europe and North America. The lake has unbelievable depth with an average of seven hundred feet, but it is close to nine hundred and seventy five feet in some places. The climate of Scotland is temperate, and very comfortable, but gets a lot of rain, and is usually colder that the rest of the United Kingdom. The highlands thought, are the wettest place in Scotland that receives over one hundred inches of rain a year.

The heritage of Scotland goes back to the first people that settled in the area were the Scots and the Celtics, and they today have many influences to the culture. Most of the people are of Celtic descent, and speak some Gaelic, the ancient language. Religion is a large factor in the Scottish culture, and most are members to the National Church of Scotland or the Roman Catholic Church. The Scots have some of the richest history of any other decedents in the world.The bagpipe is one of the most well know Scottish highland wind instruments, along with the fiddle and the accordion. The girls are taught at a young age the dances of the highlands, and the Highland Dancers are very popular. The [|kilt], is the country's national costume, which originated in the sixteenth century. The traditional highland games are held every year in the highlands to celebrate the Scottish and Celtic heritages. The games feature heavy athletics such as (the following contain You Tube Videos) the [|caber toss], [|stone put], [|hammer throw] and the [|sheaf toss]. In the capital city of [|Edinburgh], the [|International Festival of Music and Drama] takes place every year and is the world's largest cultural event attracting over 300,000 visitors.

[|Click here to listen to some authentic bagpipes from the Highlands of Scotland.] (You Tube)