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The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 50 highest major summits of California by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
The Big Pine volcanic field (also known as Aberdeen volcanic field [3]) lies in the Owens Valley, [4] around Aberdeen, California [5] and between the towns of Big Pine and Independence. [4] U.S. Route 395 [4] and the Owens River run through the field, the latter is dammed north of the field in the Tinemaha Reservoir. [1]
Widespread rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches are expected for San Francisco and the Bay Area northward to northwestern Oregon, with over half a foot of rain in portions of Northern California.
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Pacheco Pass is named after Don Francisco Pérez Pacheco, a noted Californio ranchero whose lands were situated on the pass. 1939 map of Route 152 alignments between Bell Station and Pacheco Pass. [11] 1963 map of Route 152 alignments at San Luis Reservoir. [12] The road became popular as a route east during the California Gold Rush.
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Owens Valley, photographed from Sawmill Pass by Ansel Adams, circa 1936.. About three million years ago, the Sierra Nevada Fault and the White Mountains Fault systems became active with repeated episodes of slip earthquakes gradually producing the impressive relief of the eastern Sierra Nevada and White Mountain escarpments that bound the northern Owens Valley-Mono Basin region.