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The mature harp seal has pure black eyes. It has a silver-gray fur covering its body, with black harp or wishbone-shaped markings dorsally.Adult harp seals grow to be 1.7 to 2.0 m (5 ft 7 in to 6 ft 7 in) long and weigh from 115 to 140 kg (254 to 309 lb). [1]
Freshwater seals are pinnipeds which live in freshwater bodies. The group is paraphyletic in nature, the uniting factor being the environment in which these pinnipeds live. The vast majority of all modern seals live solely in saltwater habitats though this is likely due to the rarity of sufficiently large freshwater bodies rather than the ...
Along the coast of California is the California sea lion, which can grow up to seven feet long and can be found in shallow ocean water, near beaches, and among rocks. In the open ocean is the northern elephant seal , which grows up to a massive 14 feet (4.3 metres) and has a population of just over 150,000. [ 3 ]
The name of the slough derives from the native tule elk Cervus canadensis nannodes, now extirpated from the region. [5]Elkhorn Slough occupies the western reaches of Elkhorn Valley, a relic river valley eroded by drainage pouring out of the Santa Clara Valley and/or Great Valley of California (before the Golden Gate opened) into Monterey Bay during the early Pleistocene.
The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic ...
Mount Darwin is the highest summit of the Evolution Peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Mount Tom in the Sierra Nevada. San Gorgonio Mountain is the highest summit of the San Bernardino Mountains and the third most topographically isolated California peak. Telescope Peak is the highest summit of the Panamint Range.
Map of the Salton Sea drainage area. The Salton Seais a shallow, landlocked, highly salineendorheic lakein Riversideand Imperialcountiesat the southern endof the U.S. stateof California. It lies on the San Andreas Faultwithin the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of Californiain Mexico. The lake is about 15 by 35 miles (24 by 56 km) at ...
Website. Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge encompassing 965 acres (3.91 km 2) located in the California coastal community of Seal Beach. Although it is located in Orange County it is included as part of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex. It was established in 1972.