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The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of California.It is 40–60 mi (60–100 km) wide and runs approximately 450 mi (720 km) from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific coast of the state.
The Central Valley Project (CVP) is a federal power and water management project in the U.S. state of California under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR).
Natural history of the Central Valley (California) (8 C, 304 P) Pages in category "Central Valley (California)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The California Department of Transportation, or CalTrans, has a wide definition of the central portion of the state with several multi-county districts which have "central" in the name, combining the Central Coast and Central Valley. The North Central district covers Sacramento to Chico. The Central district covers Stockton to Merced, and Yosemite.
Geography of the Central Valley — the major valley of central and northern California. Composed of the San Joaquin Valley south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta area, and the Sacramento Valley north of it.
Central Valley may refer to: . Chilean Central Valley, Chile; Central Valley (Chilean wine region), Chile Costa Rican Central Valley, Costa Rica; Central Lowlands, Scotland, sometimes known as the Central Valley
Lake Corcoran (also known as Lake Clyde, after Clyde Wahrhaftig, an American geologist [1]) was an ancient lake that covered the Central Valley of California. Central Valley map. The lake existed in the valleys of the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River, [2] at least as far north as the Sutter Buttes. [3] If so, it might have had a size ...
The Central Valley in California subsides when groundwater is pumped faster than underground aquifers can be recharged. The Central Valley has been sinking at differing rates since the 1920s and is estimated to have sunk up to 28 feet. [1] During drought years, the valley is prone to accelerated subsidence due to groundwater extraction.