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North America is a ___MASK85___ entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere . It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea . The Pacific Northwest ( in the United States , commonly abbreviated as PNW ), sometimes referred to as Cascadia , is a ___MASK54___ in western North America bounded by the Pacific ___MASK10___ to the west and loosely , by the Rocky Mountains on the east . Though no agreed boundary exists , a common ___MASK82___ includes the U . S . states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian ___MASK4___ of British Columbia . Broader conceptions reach north into Alaska and Yukon , south into far northern California and east to the Continental Divide , thus including Idaho , Western Montana , and western Wyoming . Narrower conceptions may be limited to the northwestern US or to the coastal areas west of the Cascade and Coast mountains . The variety of definitions can be attributed to partially overlapping commonalities of the region ' s ___MASK45___ , geography , ___MASK7___ , and other factors . The Seattle Colleges ___MASK72___ ( previously Seattle ___MASK39___ Colleges ___MASK72___ ) is a group of colleges located in Seattle , Washington . It consists of three colleges  North Seattle ___MASK99___ , Seattle Central ___MASK99___ ( including the Wood Technology Center and Seattle Maritime Academy ), South Seattle ___MASK99___ ( including the Georgetown Campus ) and the Seattle Vocational Institute . Together the colleges form the second largest ___MASK46___ of higher education in the state , behind the University of Washington , to which many of their graduates transfer . Seattle Central ___MASK99___ is a state ___MASK99___ located in Seattle , Washington , in the Capitol Hill neighborhood . It is one of the three colleges that make up the Seattle Colleges District . Its programs include Information Technologies , Business Administration , Apparel Design , Cosmetology , Culinary Arts , Graphic Design , Wood ___MASK49___ , Maritime and Healthcare . The ___MASK99___ has been called one of the nation ' s most diverse colleges . There is a substantial international ___MASK50___ population served by the International Education Programs department , as well as numerous students taking ESL courses through the Basic and Transitional Studies division . Seattle Central ___MASK99___ ' s administration incorporates the Wood ___MASK49___ Center and Seattle Maritime Academy , which are on separate campuses in order to house the very specific tools and workspaces needed . An ___MASK70___ ( or ; plural : isthmuses ; from ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of ___MASK15___ that otherwise separates them . A tombolo is an ___MASK70___ that consists of a spit or ___MASK21___ , and a strait is the sea counterpart of an ___MASK70___ . Seattle is a ___MASK3___ city on the west coast of the United States and the seat of King County , Washington . With an estimated 684 , 451 residents , Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America . In July 2013 , it was the fastest - growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2 . ___MASK17___ %. The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget ___MASK63___ ( an inlet of the Pacific Ocean ) and Lake Washington , about south of the Canada  United States border . A major gateway for trade with Asia , Seattle is the fourth - largest port in North America in terms of container ___MASK64___ . The Canada  United States ___MASK95___ ( French : " Frontière entre le Canada et les États - Unis "), officially known as the International Boundary , is the longest international ___MASK95___ in the world between two countries . It is shared between Canada and the United States , the second - and fourth - largest countries by area , respectively . The terrestrial boundary ( including portions of maritime boundaries in the Great Lakes , and on the Atlantic , Pacific , and Arctic coasts ) is long , of which is Canada ' s ___MASK95___ with Alaska . ___MASK57___ Canadian provinces and territories ( Yukon , British Columbia , Alberta , Saskatchewan , Manitoba , Ontario , Quebec , and New Brunswick ), and thirteen U . S . states ( Alaska , Washington , Idaho , Montana , North Dakota , Minnesota , Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania , New York , Vermont , New Hampshire , and Maine ) are located along the ___MASK95___ . The ___MASK16___ of Washington , commonly referred to as simply Washington , UW , or informally U - Dub , is a public flagship research ___MASK16___ based in Seattle , Washington , United States . Founded in 1861 , Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast . ___MASK23___ County is a county located in the U . S . state of Washington . As of the 2010 ___MASK36___ its population was ___MASK17___ , 931 , 249 . ___MASK23___ is the most populous county in Washington , and the 13th - most populous in the United States . The county seat is Seattle , which is the state ' s largest city . The Seattle Vocational ___MASK60___ , along with North Seattle ___MASK99___ , Seattle Central ___MASK99___ , and South Seattle ___MASK99___ , makes up the Seattle Colleges District . The vocational ___MASK47___ was founded as the Washington ___MASK60___ of Applied Technology in 1987 and took its present name in 1991 . It is located in the Central District . Puget ___MASK63___ is a ___MASK63___ along the northwestern coast of the U . S . state of Washington , an inlet of the Pacific Ocean , and part of the Salish ___MASK42___ . It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins , with one major and two minor connections to the open Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Juan de Fuca  Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and Deception Pass and Swinomish Channel being the minor . Flow through Deception Pass is approximately equal to 2 % of the total tidal exchange between Puget ___MASK63___ and the Strait of Juan de Fuca . Puget ___MASK63___ extends approximately from Deception Pass in the north to Olympia , Washington in the south . Its average depth is and its maximum depth , off Point Jefferson between Indianola and Kingston , is . The depth of the main basin , between the southern tip of Whidbey Island and Tacoma , Washington , is approximately . The Pacific ___MASK10___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic ___MASK10___ in the north to the Southern ___MASK10___ ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . North Seattle ___MASK99___ ( NSC , widely known as just North Seattle ) is a two - year public ___MASK99___ in Seattle , Washington . It is one of the three colleges comprising the Seattle Colleges District and considered to be one of the best colleges out of the 32 member colleges of the Washington Community and Technical Colleges ___MASK94___ . The ___MASK99___ has strong and extensive science , engineering , and technology programs . South Seattle ___MASK99___ ( SSC , formerly South Seattle ___MASK18___ , SSCC ) is a ___MASK18___ located in West Seattle , Washington , United States . Founded in 1970 , it is one of three colleges which make up the Seattle ___MASK18___ District . The Seattle Community Colleges District Board of Trustees voted unanimously in March 2014 to change the name of the District to Seattle Colleges and to change the names of the colleges to " Seattle Central ___MASK99___ ", " North Seattle ___MASK99___ " and " South Seattle ___MASK99___ ". Programs at South Seattle ___MASK99___ include NAC ( No RN or LPN programs are offered ), aviation , culinary arts , health care , horticulture , the construction trades and winemaking . It is home to the South Seattle ___MASK99___ Arboretum and incorporates the Georgetown Campus near Boeing Field . ___MASK13___ Washington is a large freshwater ___MASK13___ adjacent to ___MASK27___ of Seattle . It is the largest ___MASK13___ in ___MASK23___ County and the second largest natural ___MASK13___ in the state of Washington , after ___MASK13___ Chelan . It borders the cities of Seattle on the west , Bellevue and Kirkland on the east , Renton on the south and Kenmore on the north , and encloses Mercer Island . The ___MASK13___ is fed by the Sammamish River at its north end and the Cedar River at its south .