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Superbloom in the Temblor Range, April 2017. The Carrizo Plain (Obispeño: tšɨłkukunɨtš, "Place of the rabbits") [5] is a large enclosed grassland plain, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long and up to 15 miles (24 km) across, in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles. [6]
The remaining basins, including both those that feed the northern basin and those that have no surface outlets, comprise an area of about 4.8 km 2 (1.9 sq mi). Water levels in the basins rise and fall seasonally. Rainfall on the Carrizo Plain is only about 20 cm (7.9 in) in an average year but is higher on the surrounding mountains.
California Valley (Spanish: Valle de California) [1] [2] is an unincorporated community located in the eastern part of San Luis Obispo County, California, in the northern portion of the Carrizo Plain.
A dusting of snow from this week’s storm turned the Temblor and Caliente mountain ranges white on Wednesday at the Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County.
Regional Geologic Map of San Andreas and Related Faults in Carrizo Plain, Temblor, Caliente and La Panza Ranges and Vicinity, California. Painted Rock Sandstone is a marine sandstone that is a member of the Vaqueros Formation of the Saucesian Stage (formed approximately 22 to 16.5 million years ago) corresponding to the earliest part of the Miocene Epoch of the Neogene Period.
The San Andreas Fault Zone runs parallel to the range at the base of its western slope, on the eastern side of the Carrizo Plain, while the Antelope Plain, location of the enormous Midway Sunset, South Belridge, and Cymric oil fields, lies to the northeast. Peaks within the Temblor Range average about 3,500 ft (1,100 m) above sea level. [2]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Carrizo Impact Area; Carrizo Plain; Carrizo Plain National Monument;
The California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) is a 250 megawatt (MW AC) photovoltaic power plant in the Carrizo Plain, northeast of California Valley. The project is owned by NRG Energy, and SunPower is the EPC contractor and technology provider. The project constructed on 1,966 acres (796 ha) of a 4,365-acre (1,766 ha) site of former grazing land. [3]