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Pauba Valley is a valley along the course of Temecula Creek, in Riverside County, California. It heads to the east at 33°30′06″N 117°00′10″W / 33.50167°N 117.00278°W / 33.50167; -117.00278 , the mouth of the gorge of Temecula Creek Canyon at the foot of Oak Mountain
Rancho Temecula was a 26,609-acre (107.68 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Riverside County, California given on December 14, 1844 [1] by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Feliz Valdez. [2] The grant extended south along the east bank Murrieta Creek to Temecula Creek and encompassed present-day Temecula , Murrieta and Murrieta Hot Springs .
The Temecula Valley (Spanish: Valle de Temecula) [1] [2] is a graben rift valley in western Riverside County, California. The Temecula Valley is one of the graben valleys making up the Elsinore Trough , created by the Elsinore Fault Zone .
Murrieta Creek runs 13 miles (21 km) southeasterly through southwestern Riverside County, California, United States, through the cities of Wildomar, Murrieta, and Temecula, ending 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of the city center of Temecula, where it has its confluence with Temecula Creek and forms the head of the Santa Margarita River.
The discovery is reshaping views on California geology with the possibility of extinct islands. For decades, students at San Pedro High walked over millions of ancient fossils hidden beneath the ...
Temecula Valley Museum: Temecula: Riverside: Local history: website: UCR ARTSblock: Riverside: Riverside: Art: website, part of the University of California, Riverside, an interactive art facility housed in the renovated Rouse Building, an 1895 department store, includes the California Museum of Photography, Sweeney Art Gallery, and Barbara and ...
Groves of ancient oak trees and meandering spring-fed creeks dot the valleys as green orchards and vineyards quilt the rolling hills. Sitting at an elevation between 1,800 and 2,700 feet above sea level, La Cresta benefits from a temperate year-round climate that is approximately 10 degrees cooler than the Murrieta/Temecula Valley.
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, may be threatened by a proposed development, environmentalists say.