Oregon

Oregon is a state located on the United States' northwest, and bordering the Pacific Ocean, California, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. Its northern border lies along the Columbia River and the east along the Snake River. Two north-south mountain ranges - the Coastal Range and the Cascade Mountain Range - form the two boundaries of the Willamette Valley, one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in the world. Oregon is known for its abundant rainfall, but only the western 35% of the state and a bit of northeastern Oregon is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. Nonetheless, 40% of the state is or was forested.

Professional sports teams

• Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association
• Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League
• Portland Timbers of the USL First Division
• Portland Lumberjax of the National Lacrosse League
• Farm clubs of Major League Baseball:
• Eugene Emeralds, a single-A club in the Northwest League
• Portland Beavers, a triple-A club in the Pacific Coast League
• Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a single-A club in the Northwest League

Portland is under consideration to be the home of a major league baseball team.

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