Q.O.D. 9-12-12
• How is the location of something
measured?
The Five Themes of Geography
• Location
• Interaction Between People and
Environment
• Region
• Place
• Movement
• MWH textbook pages xxviii-xxix
The Five Themes: Portland
Location: Where in the world a
certain area is
• Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
• Longitude: West 122.68 degrees
• Latitude: North 45.52 degrees
Located in the Willamette Valley between
the Coast Range and the Cascade Range
at the confluence of the Willamette and
Columbia Rivers.
Interaction between Humans/Environment:
How people adapt to their environment
• Portland has a number of bridges that
span the rivers that divide the city.
Place: What an area looks like in
both physical and human terms
• The physical characteristics of Portland
include a mild marine climate with wet
winters and nearby forests. In human
terms, most Portland residents are of
European ancestry, but the city is
becoming more ethnically diverse. Lots of
slackers and hipsters, especially in
Southeast!
Region: Any area that has common
characteristics
• Portland is located in the Pacific Northwest
region of the United States.
• It is considered a part of “Cascadia”, a
bioregion that includes Western Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia, Alaska,
Idaho, Montana and parts of California
Movement: The transfer of People, goods
and Ideas from one place to another
• The Port of Portland imports over 400,000
automobiles from Asia every year.
• The population of the City of Portland grew
by over 75,000 people between 1990 and
2000.
Goods being imported and
exported by the Port of Portland