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Yakima Valley

Sub-zone

Yakima Valley is a named sub-zone of Columbia Valley in the United States, covering 282,827 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Yakima Valley viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Columbia Valley
Protected since
1983-04-04
Area
282,827 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
42.15 × 118.57 km
Centre
46.3360° N, 120.1579° W
State
WA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.69
Petitioner
Dr. Kevin R. Pogue

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km west of Sunnyside
Nearest city
40 km south-east of Yakima 93,701 people
To the sea
200 km
Rivers nearby
Yakima (1.6 km)
Same latitude
Sforzato di Valtellina (Italy), AOC Valais (Switzerland), Odesa region (Ukraine), Aiud (Romania), Saint-Véran (France)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
133–1,091 m
Mean elevation
342 m

Measured over the whole outline on 255,160 elevation cells of about 106 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 2

Inside Yakima Valley · 5

Within

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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