Imagine a jigsaw puzzle. Does it have lots of pieces? Do the shapes of the pieces fit together, with a bulge in one piece matching a dent of the same size and shape in another?
If you have that picture in your mind, you know something about the geography of Oregon – a jigsaw puzzle of shapes and elevations. This state, which borders Washington, Idaho, California, Nevada, and the Pacific Ocean, has six geographic regions. They include lowlands, plateaus, and mountains. The regions are the Coast Range, the Klamath Mountains, the Willamette Valley, the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia Plateau, and the Basin and Range Region. Each region has its own story and its own beauty.
