east of the mountains
Phrase
- Meaning
- the drier inland region beyond the Cascade Range
- Type
- Phrase
- Used in
- Pacific Northwest, Washington, Oregon
What does “east of the mountains” mean
'East of the mountains' (or 'east of the Cascades') is the standard local way to refer to the arid, sunnier interior of Washington and Oregon, in contrast to the rainy, populous west side. The phrase encodes a sharp cultural and climatic divide that residents treat as a basic fact of regional geography.
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