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The geology of the State of New York is made up of ancient Precambrian crystalline basement rock, forming the Adirondack Mountains and the bedrock of much of the state. These rocks experienced numerous deformations during mountain building events and much of the region was flooded by shallow seas depositing thick sequences of sedimentary rock ...
Los Angeles County, California, geography stubs (2 C, 224 P) Pages in category "Geography of Los Angeles County, California" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Relief map of New York (USGS) New York lies upon the portion of the Appalachian Mountains where the mountains generally assume the character of hills and finally sink to a level of the lowlands that surround the great depression filled by Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Three distinct mountain masses can be identified in the state.
The National Natural Landmarks in New York include 29 of the more than 600 National Natural Landmarks (NNLs) in the United States. Twenty-seven landmarks are contained entirely within New York; the two exceptions are the Palisades of the Hudson which extends along the Hudson River into New Jersey , and the Chazy Fossil Reef which spans several ...
Rancho geography remains readily visible in this L.A. County map created the year before the establishment of neighboring Orange County (1888) Federal Writers' Project map of the ranchos of Los Angeles County (1937); appears to be in the same style as many American Guide Series maps so possibly produced but not used for Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs
Akuvranga was the Tongva name for the area that covers modern-day South Pasadena and part of Pasadena. Tongva dwellings lined the Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County) in South Pasadena and south to where it joins the Los Angeles River and along other natural waterways in the city. They lived in thatched, dome-shape lodges characteristic for their ...
The Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County continues to inch toward the ocean posing danger to life and infrastructure, a NASA report found. LA coastal area prone to landslides quickly ...
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.