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__Oregon coust__
The weather along the coust may be sunny, or rainy, or misty and gray.Since Oregon is located approximately half between the equator and the North pole, its climate is generally mild.In the summer ocean waters heat up more slowly than the land does.In the winter ocean waters cool off more slowly than the land dose. This means that ocean breezes have a cooling effec on coastal lands in the summer.

In the winter they have a warming effect on these lands.In January the average temperature is a mild 45f.(7c). In July the average temperature is only 60f.(16c).When we also examine its precipitation is any form of water that falls to earth, such as rain,sleet ,hail,or snow.

As the sun heats the ocean ,water evaporates or passes into the air in tiny drops called water vapor.The air near the earth is warm.This warm air picks up the tiny water vapor drops and rises.As the warm air rises ,it cools. Cool air cannot hold as much water as warm air so the water falls to the earth as rain.If the air is cold enough ,the water freezes into snow,sleet or hail.

Along our coast almost all the precipitation is rain.Some places on the coast get more than 100 inches(254 cm) of rain a year.That is over 8 feet(3 m), wich is as high as some classroom ceilings!

Imagine that it is a clear autumn day - just the right kind of day for a trip down the coast!One way to visit our coast is to follow an old trail that is now Highway 101. In Chapter 1 you read about the Colombia River ,wich forms most of the northern border of our state.Let's start our trip at the river's mouth, where the Colombia meets the Pacific Ocean.The mouth of a river is a place where the river empties into a large body of water.

The mouth of the Colombia looks almost like a lake because itis 7 miles (11 km ) wide.The city of Astoria is located here.Astoria has a harbor .A habor is a place algong a coastline where ships can dock safely.Just over 20 miles (32 km) down the coast from Astoria is Cannon Beach.

Here whithout the protection of a harbor,the coast is rugged.Many peole enjoy walking on the beach collecting shells and admiring the strange rocks that jut out of the ocean. Tilamook cheese factory makes color orange chesse ,ice cream,and they also make cheese cake like this one in the picture.Tilamook cheese factory is lookated in the 4175 highway 101 north.We cold buy Tilamook products in 11707 northeast airport way ,Portland OR.Defrent products from Tilamook company are cheese ,ice cream ,yogurt ,sour cream and butter. Tilamook ice cream got 's a great taste.Sour cream makes a happy food.The butter is the greatest thing on a sliced bred.



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===Rocks are part of the earth.There are in the inner, and also in the outer core.They are also in the crust that we step on it when we walk.Earth is mostly made by rock's.People use rocks to make glass , and windows and other kind of staff.===

===Rocks move an inch per year with out you noticing.some of the rocks are beauty full.Most of the rocks are the same color, and some of the other ones are blue, red, black , or even gray.There a lot different kinds of rock .There little rocks and big rocks.===

===There are many different kinds of rock for example the elephant rock is the biggest rock.The elephant rock looks like a real elephant in the water drinking or gust walking on the water.===