Editing Eastern Washington (section)

==Geography==

===Nomenclature===
Other terms used for Eastern Washington or large parts of it include:
*[[Columbia Plateau (ecoregion)|Columbia Basin]]
*Eastside or east side of the state<ref>{{citation|title=WSP Eastside Recruiter Returns to Face Recruitment Challenge|date=September 8, 2010|access-date=December 27, 2010|publisher=[[Washington State Patrol]] Government and Media Relations|url=http://www.wsp.wa.gov/information/releases/2010_archive/mr090810.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103195020/http://www.wsp.wa.gov/information/releases/2010_archive/mr090810.htm|archive-date=November 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Bellingham Herald]]|date=March 4, 2010|title=Eastside steelheading enters last month|url=http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/03/04/1323457/eastside-steelheading-enters-last.html|access-date=December 27, 2010}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Eastside Earthquakes Get Attention At Conference In Yakima|date=October 17, 2007|publisher=[[Oregon Public Broadcasting]]|url=http://news.opb.org/article/eastside-earthquakes-get-attention-conference-yakima|access-date=December 27, 2010|archive-date=March 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314104900/http://news.opb.org/article/eastside-earthquakes-get-attention-conference-yakima/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Inland Northwest (United States)|Inland Empire]]/Inland Northwest (also includes the [[Idaho Panhandle]])

===Cities===
[[Image:SpokaneFromPalisades 20070614.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] is the largest city in eastern Washington and the metropolitan center of the [[Inland Northwest |Inland Empire]] region]]
The following cities and towns in Eastern Washington have over 10,000 inhabitants.<ref>Population figures are the most recent figures contained in the respective Wikipedia articles, or in the [[List of cities in Washington]].</ref>

*[[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (pop. 217,300)
*[[Spokane Valley, Washington|Spokane Valley]] (pop. 94,919)
*[[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]] (pop. 93,701)
*[[Kennewick, Washington|Kennewick]] (pop. 80,280)
*[[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]] (pop. 71,680)
*[[Richland, Washington|Richland]] (pop. 54,150)
*[[Wenatchee, Washington|Wenatchee]] (pop. 34,070)
*[[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]] (pop. 33,840)
*[[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]] (pop. 33,280)
*[[Moses Lake, Washington|Moses Lake]] (pop. 22,720)
*[[Ellensburg, Washington|Ellensburg]] (pop. 19,550)
*[[Sunnyside, Washington|Sunnyside]] (pop. 16,640)
*[[West Richland, Washington|West Richland]] (pop. 14,660)
*[[East Wenatchee, Washington|East Wenatchee]] (pop. 13,600)
*[[Liberty Lake, Washington|Liberty Lake]] (pop. 12,003)
*[[Cheney, Washington|Cheney]] (pop. 11,880)
*[[Grandview, Washington|Grandview]] (pop. 11,170)
*[[Airway Heights, Washington|Airway Heights]] (pop. 10,757)

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===Protected areas===
[[File:Goat Peak, Cascades.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|The summit of Goat Peak in the [[Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest]]]]
*[[Hanford Reach National Monument]]
*[[Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area]]
*[[Juniper Dunes Wilderness]] 
*[[Salmo-Priest Wilderness]]
*[[Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness]] (partial)

*[[Colville National Forest]]
*[[Idaho Panhandle National Forest]] (partial)
*[[Kaniksu National Forest]] (partial)
*[[Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest]]
*[[Umatilla National Forest]] (partial)
*[[Columbia National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[McNary National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge]] (partial)
*[[Crawford State Park (Washington)|Crawford State Park]]

===Counties===
Eastern Washington is composed of [[Adams County, Washington|Adams]], [[Asotin County, Washington|Asotin]], [[Benton County, Washington|Benton]], [[Chelan County, Washington|Chelan]], [[Columbia County, Washington|Columbia]], [[Douglas County, Washington|Douglas]], [[Ferry County, Washington|Ferry]], [[Franklin County, Washington|Franklin]], [[Garfield County, Washington|Garfield]], [[Grant County, Washington|Grant]], [[Kittitas County, Washington|Kittitas]], [[Klickitat County, Washington|Klickitat]], [[Lincoln County, Washington|Lincoln]], [[Okanogan County, Washington|Okanogan]], [[Pend Oreille County, Washington|Pend Oreille]], [[Spokane County, Washington|Spokane]], [[Stevens County, Washington|Stevens]], [[Walla Walla County, Washington|Walla Walla]], [[Whitman County, Washington|Whitman]], and [[Yakima County, Washington|Yakima]] counties. Some definitions also include part of [[Skamania County, Washington|Skamania County]] that lies east of the ridge line of the Cascade Mountains.<ref>{{cite web |title=WAC 222-16-010 |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=222-16-010 |work=[[Washington Administrative Code]] |publisher=[[Washington State Legislature]] |access-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref>