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San Francisco is decidedly a Northern California city and Los Angeles is a Southern California one but areas in between do not often share their confidence in geographic identity. The US Geological Survey defines the geographic center of California about 7.1 miles (11.4 km) driving distance from the United States Forest Service office in the ...
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The Great Valley Sequence of California is a 40,000-foot (12 km)-thick group of related geologic formations that are Late Jurassic through Cretaceous in age (150–65 Ma) on the geologic time scale. These sedimentary rocks were deposited during the late Mesozoic Era in an ancient seaway that corresponds roughly to the outline of the modern ...
Clear Lake Volcanic Field; Highest point; Elevation: 4,724 ft (1,440 m) [1] Coordinates: 2]: Geography; Location: Lake County, California, United States: Parent range: North Coast Ranges: Topo map: USGS Kelseyville: Geology; Rock age: less than 2.1 million years [3]: Mountain type(s): lava domes, cinder cones, maars within volcanic field [2]: Last eruption: Holocene [2]: Geologic map of the ...
The oldest rocks in California date back 1.8 billion years to the Proterozoic and are found in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, and Mojave Desert.The rocks of eastern California formed a shallow continental shelf, with massive deposition of limestone during the Paleozoic, and sediments from this time are common in the Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountains and eastern Transverse ...
The first geologic mapping of California began in 1826. [4] Interest in plotting California's landscapes increased when gold was discovered in 1848. [5] California quickly became a well-documented piece of the United States. Modern improvements to mapping technology, particularly GIS, have enabled every aspect of California to be recorded on a map.
Essentially, the mountain ranges separate southern California into two distinct climatic regions: The heavy-populated coastal area west of these mountains is the one most associated with the term "southern California" and is characterized by pleasant weather all-year round, without frequent heat spells in the summer and without low temperatures ...
Pacific Lumber Company built a railroad across the face of the cliffs between 1883 and 1885 to transport lumber to Eureka, California. This alignment was followed by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to avoid bridging the lower Eel River. The rail line maintained an elaborate series of benches, retaining walls, and trestles approximately 50 ...