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San Jacinto (/ ˌsæn həˈsɪntoʊ, - dʒəˈ -, - jəˈ -/ SAN hə-SIN-toh, - jə-, - yə-, Spanish: [saŋ xaˈsinto]; [6] Spanish for ' St. Hyacinth ') is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. It is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south and Beaumont to its north.
The San Jacinto River is a 42-mile-long (68 km) [5] river in Riverside County, California. The river's headwaters are in Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. [6] The lower portion of the 765-square-mile (1,980 km 2) watershed is urban and agricultural land. As a partially endorheic watershed that is contiguous with other ...
San Jacinto Peak (/ ˌsæn həˈsɪntoʊ, - dʒəˈ -, - jəˈ -/ SAN hə-SIN-toh, - jə-, - yə-; often designated Mount San Jacinto) is a 10,834 ft (3,302 m) peak in the San Jacinto Mountains, in Riverside County, California. Lying within Mount San Jacinto State Park it is the highest both in the range and the county, and serves as the ...
The San Jacinto Mountains are the northernmost of the Peninsular Ranges, which run 1,500 km (930 mi) from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. The highest peak in the range is San Jacinto Peak (3,302 m; 10,834 ft) NAVD 88, [3] and the range is also a Great Basin Divide landform for the Salton Watershed to ...
The San Jacinto Valley is a valley located in Riverside County, in Southern California, in the Inland Empire. The valley is located at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains in the east and Santa Rosa Hills to the south with the San Gorgonio Pass to the north. The average elevation is 1,500 feet (460 m), with the highest points in the foothills ...
Mount San Jacinto State Park. Mount San Jacinto State Park is in the San Jacinto Mountains, of the Peninsular Ranges system, in Riverside County, California, United States. A majority of the park is within the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. [2] The park is near the Greater Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas.
The San Jacinto Wildlife Area (WA) is a 20,126-acre (8,145 ha; 31.447 sq mi) wildlife preserve in the Inland Empire region of California in the United States managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. [2] San Jacinto WA is made of up two discontinuous areas, one east of California State Route 79 called the Potrero Unit, and one ...
Map showing the San Jacinto Fault Zone outlined in red. The San Jacinto Fault Zone (SJFZ) is a major strike-slip fault zone that runs through San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial Counties in Southern California. The SJFZ is a component of the larger San Andreas transform system and is considered to be the most seismically active ...