Mountain valleys, for example, tend to have near-vertical walls and a narrow channel, but out on the plains the slopes are shallow and the channel wide. As the waters wind toward the sea, they accentuate natural curves in the land by stripping sediment from the outsides of bends and dumping it on the insides.
Gig Harbor, Washington. Gig Harbor is the name of both a bay on Puget Sound and a city on its shore in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,126 at the 2010 census. Gig Harbor is one of several cities and towns that claim to be the gateway to the Olympic Peninsula.
There is a commuter train that stops in Tacoma, Sumner, Auburn, Southcenter, then on up to downtown Seattle. You could live in Gig Harbor, Tacoma, or Sumner and drive to the train station, then take the train up to Seattle. Real estate prices are actually quite high in Gig Harbor. Median price is now about $350K.