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Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
Bodies of water of California (11 C, 2 P) C. ... Pages in category "Landforms of California" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Prior to the construction of major dams along its route, the Colorado River fed one of the largest desert estuaries in the world. Spread across the northernmost end of the Gulf of California, the Colorado River delta's vast riparian , freshwater, brackish, and tidal wetlands once covered 7,810 km 2 (1,930,000 acres) and supported a large ...
The list is sorted by the region of the world in which the isthmus is located. An isthmus (/ ˈ ɪ s θ m ə s / or / ˈ ɪ s m ə s /; plural: isthmuses, or occasionally isthmi; from Ancient Greek: ἰσθμός, romanized: isthmos, lit. 'neck') is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water that otherwise ...
Lists of Landforms of California. Pages in category "Lists of landforms of California" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
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 ...
A gulf in geography is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea. Not all geological features which could be considered a gulf have "Gulf" in the name, for example the Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea. [1] [2]
Bodies of water of California by county (61 C) Beaches of California by county (17 C) ... Landforms of Ventura County, California (6 C, 18 P) Y. Landforms of Yolo ...