California Regions

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California Relief Map

All About Latitude and Longitude

 

California's four main regions...

 

The Coast (1 & 2)

The Central Valley (3)

The Mountains (4)

The Deserts (5)

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The Coast

  1) The northern and central coast's are cool and the wet climate helps thick forests grow.

      

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  2) The southern coast is sunny.

   



The Central Valley

 

  3) Land in the Central Valley is some of the best farmland in the world. It is hot and dry in the summer and cool and wet in the winter so it is perfect for growing.

 

 

 

 

The Mountains

  4) Over half of the land in the state is covered with mountains.

Mt. Whitney
Yosemite
Mt. Shasta


The Deserts

  5) California Deserts like the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Desert are hot and dry year round.

Death Valley

covers 3,000 miles of land

Joshua Tree