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Sonoma Valley is a valley located in southeastern Sonoma County, California, in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Known as the birthplace of the California wine industry, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and ...
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Sonoma County (/ s ə ˈ n oʊ m ə / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 488,863. [5] Its seat of government and largest city is Santa Rosa.
The highest point of this range is Sonoma Mountain, elevation 2,287 ft (697 m). [4] Jack London State Historic Park, Crane Creek Regional Park, and the Fairfield Osborn Preserve are all on Sonoma Mountain. A number of threatened and endangered species are found in the Sonoma Mountains including the fragrant fritillary (Fritillaria liliacea).
California's Central Valley was once a large temperate grassland containing native bunchgrasses and vernal pools. [12] Grizzly bear, gray wolf, tule elk, and pronghorn antelope used to inhabit the grasslands. [13] The native grasslands and pools have now been largely replaced by livestock ranches and farms. [14]
Landforms of Sonoma County, California (5 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Natural history of Sonoma County, California" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The Sonoma Volcanics are a geologic formation of volcanic origin that is widespread in Napa and Sonoma counties, California. Most of the formation is Pliocene in age and includes obsidian , perlitic glass, diatomaceous mud, pyroclastic tuff, pumice , rhyolite tuffs , andesite breccias and interbedded volcanic ( basalt ) lava flows .
Sonoma Mountain is a prominent landform within the Sonoma Mountains of southern Sonoma County, California. [2] At an elevation of 2,463 ft (751 m), [ 1 ] Sonoma Mountain offers expansive views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sonoma Valley to the east.