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The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of California, United States.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.
It includes the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley (which itself is the southern portion of the Central Valley, beginning at the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta), part of the Central Coast, the central hills of the California Coast Ranges and the foothills and mountain areas of the central Sierra Nevada.
California's geography is largely defined by its central feature—the Central Valley, a huge, fertile valley between the coastal mountain ranges and the Sierra Nevada. The northern part of the Central Valley is called the Sacramento Valley , after its main river, and the southern part is called the San Joaquin Valley / ˌ s æ n w ɑː ˈ k ...
The Central Valley includes the southern San Joaquin Valley and the northern Sacramento Valley. The Great Valley Sequence is a 40,000 feet (12,000 m) thick formation at the western edge of the Central Valley that formed between the Jurassic and Cretaceous , overlying the Franciscan Assemblage and granite rocks associated with the Sierra Nevada ...
The 10-day “Klan Fiesta” at the Fresno fairgrounds drew 50,000 attendees from throughout California and the Southwest. How the Central Valley became a fertile land for Southerners, 1924 KKK ...
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Some of the nation’s tightest midterm races are in California’s Central Valley, a 280-mile purple stretch of fertile farmland in the middle of a left-leaning state. Overall, GOP candidates are ...
The American River Division is located in north-central California, on the east side of the Great Central Valley. Its structures use the water of the American River , which drains off the Sierra Nevada and flows into the Sacramento River .