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California's geography is largely defined by its central feature—the Central Valley, a huge, fertile valley between the coastal mountain ranges and the Sierra Nevada. The northern part of the Central Valley is called the Sacramento Valley , after its main river, and the southern part is called the San Joaquin Valley / ˌ s æ n w ɑː ˈ k ...
This is a list of 58 counties of the U.S. State of California by their points of highest elevation. 6 of the 50 highest county high points in the United States are in California. Mount Whitney , located in Inyo and Tulare counties, is the highest point in California as well as the highest point in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet ...
Geography of San Luis Obispo County, California (10 C, 3 P) Geography of San Mateo County, California (7 C, 12 P) Geography of Santa Barbara County, California (9 C, 20 P)
Geography of California by county (63 C) ... Pages in category "Geography of California" ... California Land Act of 1851;
Due to the topographic features and proximity to the Pacific, southern California has its share of both low clouds and fog. [ 3 ] Coastal fogs are frequently generated by interaction between seasonal inversion layers and the coastal marine layer, and may reach as far inland as 20 miles, butting up against inland mountains or coastal mountain ...
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. The following list comprises the mountain ranges of U.S. State of California designated by the United States Board on Geographic Names and cataloged in the Geographic Names Information System .
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.
Landforms of San Diego County, California (7 C, 16 P) Landforms of San Francisco (7 C, 3 P) Landforms of San Joaquin County, California (6 C, 3 P)