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The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of California.It is 40–60 mi (60–100 km) wide and runs approximately 450 mi (720 km) from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific coast of the state.
The Central Valley of California is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. [178] More than 230 crops are grown there. [178] On less than one percent of the total farmland in the United States, the Central Valley produces eight percent of the nation's agricultural output by value: US$43.5 billion in 2013. [179]
For Central Valley farmers, who grow 25% of the nation’s produce each year through drought and deluge, a vote for Prop. 4 is a vote for helping secure long-term water stability. While California ...
Where the Central Valley goes, so goes the rest of California. Our voices must be heard on Prop. 4 in order to secure the investments we need to preserve the longevity of our region’s health and ...
California has approximately 1,100 dairies, mostly concentrated in the state's fertile Central Valley, that produce approximately 41 billions of gallons of milk annually for an economic value of ...
San Joaquin Valley. California produces 80% of the world's almonds and 100% of the United States commercial supply. [1] Although almonds are not native to California, a hot, dry Mediterranean climate and developed water infrastructure create favorable conditions for commercial cultivation of the crop. [2]
Roughly half of California’s farmworkers live and work in the Central Valley — a region that also boasts one of the most productive agricultural regions in the nation.
The California Central Valley grasslands is a temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in California's Central Valley.It a diverse ecoregion containing areas of desert grassland (at the southern end), prairie, savanna, riparian forest, marsh, several types of seasonal vernal pools, and large lakes such as now-dry Tulare Lake (which was the largest freshwater lake in the United ...