Ngokusekelwe kulesi siqephu, yiziphi izici eziyinhloko ze-Seattle, eWashington?
Context:ISeattle itholakala phakathi kwePuget Sound enamanzi anosawoti (ingalo yoLwandlekazi iPacific) entshonalanga neLake Washington empumalanga. Itheku eliyinhloko laleli dolobha, i-Elliott Bay, liyingxenye yePuget Sound, okwenza leli dolobha libe itheku lasolwandle. Ngasentshonalanga, ngaphesheya kwePuget Sound, kukhona iNhlonhlo yaseKitsap kanye ne-Olympic Mountains eNhlonhlweni yase-Olympic; empumalanga, ngaphesheya kweLake Washington kanye namaphethelo ase-Eastside, yiLake Sammamish kanye neCascade Range. Amanzi eLake Washington agelezela ePuget Sound ngeLake Washington Ship Canal (equkethe imigudu emibili eyenziwe ngumuntu, iLake Union, kanye neHiram M. Chittenden Locks eSalmon Bay, ephela eShilshole Bay ePuget Sound).  Ulwandle, imifula, amahlathi, amachibi, namasimu azungeze iSeattle kwake kwaba okucebile ngokwanele ukusekela omunye wemiphakathi embalwa emhlabeni eyayihlala izilwane. Indawo ezungezile ilungele ukuhamba ngesikebhe, ukushushuluza eqhweni, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukukhempa nokuhamba ngezinyawo unyaka wonke.  Leli dolobha ngokwalo linamagquma, nakuba kungenjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi. NjengeRoma, kuthiwa leli dolobha lilele emagqumeni ayisikhombisa; uhlu luyahlukahluka kodwa ngokuvamile luhlanganisa iCapitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Queen Anne, Magnolia, kanye neDenny Hill yangaphambili. IWallingford, Delridge, Mount Baker, Seward Park, Washington Park, Broadmoor, Madrona, Phinney Ridge, Sunset Hill, Blue Ridge, Broadview, Laurelhurst, Hawthorne Hills, Maple Leaf, futhi Crown Hill omakhelwane bonke zitholakala emagqumeni kanye. Izindawo eziningi ezinamagquma ziseduze nendawo yedolobha, lapho iCapitol Hill, iFirst Hill, neBeacon Hill zihlangene zakha okuthile okunjengomugqa ogudle umngcele ophakathi kwe-Elliott Bay neLake Washington. Ukuqhekeka emthambekeni phakathi kweFirst Hill neBeacon Hill kwenziwa umuntu, umphumela wamaphrojekthi amabili amaningi okuhlela kabusha abumba kabusha ukwakheka kwendawo enkabeni yedolobha. I-topography yedolobha nayo yashintshwa ukwakhiwa kwe-seawall kanye ne-Harbor Island yokufakelwa (yagqitywa ngo-1909) emlonyeni weDuwamish Waterway yedolobha lezimboni, ukuphela komfula iGreen River. Indawo ephakeme kunazo zonke ngaphakathi kwemingcele yedolobha iseHigh Point eWest Seattle, etholakala eduze kwe-35th Ave SW ne-SW Myrtle St. Amanye amagquma aphawulekayo afaka iCrown Hill, View Ridge / Wedgwood / Bryant, Maple Leaf, Phinney Ridge, Mt. I-Baker Ridge, kanye ne-Highlands / Carkeek / Bitterlake.  Enyakatho yedolobha, iLake Washington Ship Canal ixhuma iPuget Sound neLake Washington. Ihlanganisa izidumbu zamanzi ezine zemvelo: iLake Union, iSalmon Bay, iPortage Bay, ne-Union Bay. [ isidingo ]  Ngenxa yendawo yayo ePacific Ring of Fire, iSeattle isendaweni engaba nokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu. Ngo-February 28, 2001, ukuzamazama komhlaba okungu-6.8 ku-Nisqually kwalimaza kakhulu izakhiwo, ikakhulukazi endaweni yasePioneer Square (eyakhiwe emhlabathini owakhiwe kabusha, njenge-Industrial District nengxenye yedolobha), futhi kwabulala umuntu oyedwa. Okunye ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla kwenzeka ngo-January 26, 1700 (kulinganiselwa ukuthi kwakunamandla angu-9), ngo-December 14, 1872 (7.3 noma 7.4), ngo-April 13, 1949 (7.1), nango-April 29, 1965 (6.5). Ukuzamazama komhlaba kuka-1965 kwabulala abantu abathathu eSeattle ngokuqondile nomunye ngokwehluleka kwenhliziyo. Nakuba iSeattle Fault idlula eningizimu nje enkabeni yedolobha, yona neCascadia subduction zone akuzange kubangele ukuzamazama komhlaba selokhu kwasungulwa leli dolobha. Indawo engaphansi komhlaba yaseCascadia isongela ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla angu - 9,0 noma ngaphezulu, okwazi ukulimaza kakhulu idolobha futhi kudilize izakhiwo eziningi, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezakhiwe endaweni egcwele.  Ngokusho kwe-United States Census Bureau, idolobha linendawo ephelele engamakhilomitha-skwele ayi-142.5 (369 km2), amakhilomitha-skwele angama-83.9 (217 km2) okuyizwe kanye namakhilomitha-skwele angama-58.7 (152 km2), amanzi (41.16% wendawo ephelele).
ISeattle ihlanganiswe yizindawo ezimbili ezinkulu zamanzi, iPuget Sound neLake Washington. Phakathi kwalezi zindawo ezimbili zamanzi kunesiqongo, esakhiwa izindawo eziningana ezizungeze isiqongo sesiqongo. Leli dolobha ngokuvamile linamagquma, namanye amadolobhana amaningi asemagqumeni angekho emagqumeni amakhulu.