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  2. Geography of California - Wikipedia

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    Northern California usually refers to the state's northernmost 48 counties. The main population centers of Northern California include San Francisco Bay Area (which includes the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and the largest city of the region, San Jose), and Sacramento (the state capital) as well as its metropolitan area.

  3. Environment of California - Wikipedia

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    20th century petroleum extraction helped the city of Los Angeles become one of the largest in the United States. California's aboriginal population of about 300,000 was distributed in relatively self-sufficient groups with subsistence resources on the coastal wetlands near the mouth of the Smith River, along the Klamath River and its interior wetlands, on the coastal wetlands surrounding ...

  4. Mount Lukens - Wikipedia

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    The summit, at 5,075 feet (1,547 m) in elevation, is the highest point within the city limits. [5] The summit's elevation makes Los Angeles the city with the largest difference between high and low points among the 50 most populous cities in the US.

  5. List of California urban areas - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of urban areas in the California as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2010 estimated Census populations.In the table, UA refers to "urbanized area" (urban areas with population over 50,000) and UC refers to "urban cluster" (urban areas with population less than 50,000).

  6. List of California county high points - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. List of highest communities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains , in the Rocky Mountains , and in Western North Carolina .

  8. Riverside, California - Wikipedia

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    Riverside is the 59th-largest city in the United States, the 12th-largest city in California, and the largest city in California's Inland Empire metro area. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 81.4 square miles (210.8 km 2 ), of which 81.1 square miles (210 km 2 ) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2 ) (0. ...

  9. California - Wikipedia

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    The net loss of population in California between July 2020 and July 2023 was 433,000. [172] California's population density, 2020. The Greater Los Angeles Area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States (U.S.), while Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the U.S.