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Hopland (formerly Sanel) [5] is a census-designated place [4] in Mendocino County, California, United States. [2] It is located on the west bank of the Russian River , 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of Ukiah , [ 5 ] in the Sanel Valley , at an elevation of 502 feet (153 m). [ 2 ]
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.
The Sanel Valley in Mendocino County, California, [1] is a valley along the Russian River containing the town of Hopland.The river flows through the valley for approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from the northeast (where it connects from its headwaters and the Ukiah Valley through a rocky constriction) to the southwest, and it is met near Hopland by two tributaries, Feliz Creek on the west side of ...
Hopland may refer to: Hopland, California, United States; Hopland, Hordaland in Austrheim municipality, Hordaland, Norway; Hopland, Sogn og Fjordane in Stryn ...
Maps of geographic territory have a very long tradition and have existed from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the medieval Latin: Mappa mundi, wherein mappa meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and mundi 'of the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to a flat representation of Earth's surface.
Originally constructed in the early 1920s, it is one of the steepest and most difficult to drive of any California state highway. Until recently it was called the "crookedest road in California". [citation needed] Vehicles more than 39 feet (12 m) in length are banned from the Hopland Grade, due to its many tight hairpin turns and curves. [2]
Rancho Sanel was a 17,754-acre (71.85 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Mendocino County, California, given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Fernando Feliz (or Felix). [1] The grant extended along the Russian River and encompassed present-day Hopland .
A Map of the World, 1999 film drama directed by Scott Elliott and based on the novel of the same name by Jane Hamilton; A Map of the World, 1999 album by Pat Metheny and soundtrack of the movie A Map of the World "Map of the World (Part II)", song by the Canadian singer/songwriter Jane Siberry from her 1985 album The Speckless Sky "Map of the ...