The current situation of Seattle

Hiltl, also known as "city of jade", is located between seven hills between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Washington, surrounded by virgin forests, 0/74km away from the US-Canada border. It has a population of 574,000, of which 73.4% are white, making it the city with the highest white composition in the northern United States. Asians, Africans, American and Pacific aborigines and other ethnic groups accounted for 13.765, 438+0%, 8.44%, 1.65, 438+0%, 0.5% and 6.84% respectively. The population of Greater Seattle is 1.6 million, and the education level of residents is higher than the national average. 36% of them have a master's degree or above, and 93% of them graduated from institutions of higher learning. Seattle has a mild climate and abundant rainfall, and is also called "Rain City". Seattle is a commercial, high-tech center and trade port city in the northwest of the United States. Its well-known industries include aerospace, information technology, bioengineering and wood processing. Seattle, known as the airport city, is the commercial passenger aircraft production center of Boeing, the world aviation giant, and the production line of Boeing 737, 757, 747, 767, 777 and 787. Boeing owns 60% of the global passenger aircraft market share. Seattle is in a leading position in the United States in aluminum products, wood and its processing, pulp, shipbuilding, automobile assembly, canned food processing and other manufacturing industries. Its software industry and telecommunications industry are very developed, including many softwares such as Microsoft and Amazon, as well as Internet and communication companies. Seattle is a unique geographical location, and it is the gateway of the United States to Asia and Alaska. Seattle Port ranks among the top 65,438+00 ports in the United States, with an annual cargo volume of 23 billion tons, of which up to 90% of import and export goods come from or are shipped to Asian countries, with China accounting for the main share. Seattle Port is also one of the top cruise terminals in the United States 10. Seattle-tacoma international airport has opened flights to North America, Europe and the Far East. It is the hub port of Alaska Airlines, the supply station of Horizon Airlines and one of the key cities operated by Northwest Airlines. Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest. Jinxian County, located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Washington, is about 174 km from the Canada-US border. Seattle is also the county seat of Jinxian County. Founded in 1869, Seattle is a commercial, cultural and high-tech center in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and also a major tourist and trade port city that runs through the Pacific Ocean and Scandinavia in Europe. The greater Seattle area is surrounded by green mountains and green waters all year round, and Mount Rainier, the highest volcano in the United States, is in the distance. Blue waters surround the emerald city of Seattle, with the Olympic Mountains in the east and the peaks of Cascade Mountains in the west. Seattle is located in a narrow strip between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, which is 65,438+08 miles long. The waters of Puget Sound and Lake Washington meet by waterway at Union Lake in the north of downtown Seattle. The rainy and foggy weather makes Seattle look greener than other cities in the United States. The rivers, forests, lakes and fields near Seattle are very rich. Today, a canal near downtown Seattle connects Lake Washington with Puget Sound. Seattle has many opportunities for sailing, skiing, cycling, camping and hiking all year round. Seattle is built on hilly terrain, and some of the tallest places in the city are built directly near the city center. Through different topographic reconstruction projects, great changes have taken place in the terrain near the city center. The Seattle fault is an active geological fault, which directly passes through the downtown area of Seattle and constantly causes earthquakes. Over the past 150 years, there have been four major earthquakes in Seattle:1872,65438+February, 14 (Richter scale 7.3), 65438+April, 0949, 13(7. 1 3). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total area of Seattle is 369.2 square kilometers, of which the land area is 2 17.2 square kilometers and the water area is 152.0 square kilometers, accounting for 4 1. 16% of the total area. Although Seattle gives people the impression that it is raining in Mao Mao, there are very few days when it really rains and you can't go out. The rainy season lasts from June 1 1 day to March of the following year. Besides, the climate in Seattle is very mild. The most suitable season for tourism is spring, summer and autumn, but the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, reaching 10 degrees. Due to ocean factors, the temperature in Seattle is moderate, and the mountains in the west protect the city from storms. The annual rainfall is 890-970 mm, so it is called Rain City, which is less than some cities on the east coast of the United States (such as new york 1200mm), but it is cloudy for 226 days on average every year, much more than new york's 132 days. As Seattle is located behind the Olympic Mountains, most of the rainfall is light rain or Mao Mao rain. The climate and temperature in Seattle are similar to those in Vancouver, a nearby Canadian city. The average annual rainfall in the Olympic National Park to the west of130km is 3,600mm, and the average annual rainfall in Washington Olympic Park to the south is1320mm ... It snows occasionally in Seattle, but it rarely snows for a long time. Sunny climate generally lasts from mid-July to mid-September, which starts later and ends earlier than Portland in the south. In the year of El Nino, the precipitation in Seattle will decrease, which will not only make the surrounding ski resorts encounter difficulties in winter, but also cause water shortage in summer.