…we do have dikes for fun in the snow. I don’t know what made them take their exposure at the moment a road scraper was rolling by, but I guess it adds to the drama. You can see the difference in levels on both sides of the dike in the foto, so it gives an idea of how we live in this country.
Sjoerd, that's a very interesting part of living there! I grew up near the Mississippi river. There were levees to narrow the river and reduce flooding risks. They claimed the best farm land was former river bottom.
I would not be happy there. I like hills. When I was in illinois the land there is so flat, out in the farmlands that you can see the curvature of the earth. Reminds me of what it was like when dinos roamed. Too scary for me !!
Lots of flat states in the US. Why do people in New Mexico tell the best knock-knock jokes? Because they can see you coming from five miles away! “A map of North Dakota is just a blank piece of paper with a dot in the middle that says 'You Are Here'." “In Kansas , you can watch your dog run away for two whole days." This reference is often used to emphasize the lack of hills and trees.
Daniel— I agree with bottom land being very fertile. My grandpa’s farm had some bottom land on parts of it. Ziggs— that made me laugh mate. You are right about that. Haha Annie— I have heard that before. Pac— great flat land jokes. I like jokes.
Ok a lil history of the soil diversity in the PNW. Oregon and Washington's landscapes were "carved" by both ancient geological forces like the massive Ice Age Floods - channeled by basalt flows and faults, and tectonic plate movements adding accreted terranes, as well as by human activity through ancient Native American settlements. Fertile land and diverse soils in these states comes from a mix of volcanic ash, rich & loose mixed soil types . Several floods and volcanic activity, deposited deep mineral-laden soils across the region. In fact one canyon in Oregon carved by ancient glaciers is deeper than the Grand Canyon which is a national park in the US .
