Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The origin of the name Coachella is unclear. Some locals believe it was a misspelling of conchilla, a Spanish word for the small white snail shells found in the valley's sandy soil, vestiges of a lake that dried up over 3,000 years ago. Coachella began as a 2.5-square-mile (6.5 km 2) territory gridded out on the mesquite-covered desert floor ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. American annual music and arts festival held in Indio, California This article is about the festival. For the city, see Coachella, California. For other uses, see Coachella (disambiguation). Coachella Coachella in 2018 Genre Rock, pop, indie, hip hop, electronic dance music Dates ...
The Coachella Valley (/ k oʊ ˈ tʃ ɛ l ə, ˌ k oʊ. ə-/ koh-CHEL-ə, KOH-ə-) [1] is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County.The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area [2] due to the historic prominence of the city of Palm Springs.
The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County and Orange County to the west and San Diego County to the south.
Indio (Spanish for "Indian") is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. Indio is approximately 125 miles (201 km) east of Los Angeles, 23 miles (37 km) east of Palm Springs, and 98 miles (158 km) west of Blythe, California.
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Séc-he) [5] [6] is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley.The city covers approximately 94 square miles (240 km 2), making it the largest city in Riverside County by land area.
Farther west lies the border with San Diego County and to the south the international boundary between the US state of California and Baja California, Mexico. To the north is the boundary with Riverside County and the Coachella Valley, which with the Imperial Valley form the "Cahuilla Basin" or the "Salton Trough". [citation needed]