Zvichienderana nechikamu ichi, ndezvipi zvinhu zvikuru zveSeattle, Washington?
Context:Seattle iri pakati pemvura ine munyu yePuget Sound (ruoko rwePacific Ocean) kumadokero neLake Washington kumabvazuva. Chiteshi chengarava chikuru cheguta racho, Elliott Bay, chikamu chePuget Sound, chinoita kuti guta racho rive chiteshi chengarava chomugungwa. Kumadokero, mhiri kwePuget Sound, kune Kitsap Peninsula neOlympic Mountains paOlympic Peninsula; kumabvazuva, mhiri kweLake Washington uye Eastside suburbs, kune Lake Sammamish neCascade Range. Mvura yeLake Washington inoyerera ichienda kuPuget Sound kuburikidza neLake Washington Ship Canal (inosanganisira migero miviri yakagadzirwa nevanhu, Lake Union, uye Hiram M. Chittenden Locks kuSalmon Bay, ichipera muShilshole Bay paPuget Sound). [ citation inodiwa ]  Gungwa, nzizi, masango, nyanza, uye minda yakapoteredza Seattle pane imwe nguva zvakanga zvakapfuma zvakakwana kutsigira imwe yenzanga shomanene dzenyika dzevanhu vanovhima-vanounganidza. Nzvimbo dzakapoteredza dzinokodzera kufamba nengarava, kuita ski, kuchovha bhasikoro, kudzika musasa, uye kufamba musango gore rose.  Guta racho pacharo rine makomo, kunyange zvazvo risina kudaro nguva dzose. Kufanana neRoma, guta racho rinonzi riri pazvikomo zvinomwe; mazita acho anosiyana asi anowanzobatanidza Capitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Queen Anne, Magnolia, uye yaimbova Denny Hill. Nharaunda dzeWallingford, Delridge, Mount Baker, Seward Park, Washington Park, Broadmoor, Madrona, Phinney Ridge, Sunset Hill, Blue Ridge, Broadview, Laurelhurst, Hawthorne Hills, Maple Leaf, uye Crown Hill dzose dziri pazvikomo zvakare. Nzvimbo zhinji dzine makomo zvikuru dziri pedyo nomuguta, neCapitol Hill, First Hill, uye Beacon Hill pamwe chete dzichiumba chimwe chinhu chechikomo chinofamba nepasi pakati peElliott Bay neLake Washington. Kuputsika kwechikomo pakati peFirst Hill neBeacon Hill kwakaitwa nomunhu, chibereko chemapurojekiti maviri anoverengeka okuvandudza akaumbazve nzvimbo yeguta. Nzvimbo yepakati peguta yakashandurwawo nekuvakwa kwemadziro egungwa uye Harbor Island yekugadzira (yakapedzwa muna 1909) pamuromo weguta reDuwamish Waterway, mugumo weGreen River. Nzvimbo yakakwirira kwazvo mukati memiganhu yeguta iri paHigh Point muWest Seattle, iyo iri pedyo ne35th Ave SW uye SW Myrtle St. Mamwe makomo anozivikanwa anosanganisira Crown Hill, View Ridge / Wedgwood / Bryant, Maple Leaf, Phinney Ridge, Mt. Baker Ridge, uye Highlands / Carkeek / Bitterlake. [ citation inodiwa ]  Kuchamhembe kwenzvimbo yeguta, Lake Washington Ship Canal inobatanidza Puget Sound neLake Washington. Inobatanidza miviri mina yemvura: Lake Union, Salmon Bay, Portage Bay, uye Union Bay. [ citation inodiwa ]  Nemhaka yenzvimbo yaro iri muPacific Ring of Fire, Seattle iri munharaunda inodengenyeka zvikuru. Musi waFebruary 28, 2001, kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakakura 6.8 muNisqually kwakakuvadza zvikuru, kunyanya munzvimbo yePioneer Square (yakavakwa panzvimbo yakadzorerwa, sezvakaita Industrial District uye chikamu chepakati peguta), uye yakakonzera kufa kumwe. Zvimwe kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakasimba kwakaitika pana January 26, 1700 (kunofungidzirwa kuva kwakakura 9), December 14, 1872 (7.3 kana kuti 7.4), April 13, 1949 (7.1), uye April 29, 1965 (6.5). Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1965 kwakakonzera kufa kwevanhu vatatu muSeattle zvakananga uye mumwezve nokuda kwokushaya simba kwomwoyo. Kunyange zvazvo Seattle Fault ichipfuura nechokumaodzanyemba kweguta racho, kana iri kana kuti nzvimbo yeCascadia yakadonha haina kukonzera kudengenyeka kwenyika kubvira pakatangwa guta racho. Nharaunda yeCascadia inodzikira inopa tyisidziro yekudengenyeka kwenyika kwakakura 9.0 kana kuti kupfuura, kunokwanisa kukuvadza zvikuru guta nokuwisira pasi zvivako zvakawanda, zvikurukuru munharaunda dzakavakirwa pazadza.  Maererano neUnited States Census Bureau, guta rine nzvimbo yakazara ye142.5 mativi emakiromita (369 km2), 83.9 mativi emakiromita (217 km2) ayo ari nyika uye 58.7 mativi emakiromita (152 km2), mvura (41.16% yenzvimbo yakazara). [ citation inodiwa ]
Seattle yakakomberedzwa nemvura huru mbiri, Puget Sound neLake Washington. Pakati pemvura mbiri idzi pane gomo, rinoumbwa nenharaunda dzinoverengeka dziri pamusoro pegomo racho. Guta racho rose rine makomo, nemamwe matunhu akawanda ari pazvikomo zvisiri pamupendero mukuru.