California

media type="youtube" key="hnXaZtKgQeo" height="331" width="427"media type="youtube" key="yAaYvELuwf4" height="256" width="480" __**California (CA)**__ California is located on the Western side of the U.S.A. Its bordering states and countries are Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico. The Pacific Ocean is also bordering California to the west. California is west of the Rocky Mountains.
 * Capital: Sacramento**
 * The origin of California is probably from the mythical island of California in a 16th century novel about romance by Garci Ordonez de Montalvo.**
 * P****olitical Map of USA:**
 * Created By: Ryan Finnell and Alex Vandenberg**
 * Period 3**
 * 2/1/11**
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__**Political Map of California:**__

__**Physical Geography**__ California has many landforms and bodies of water. One of these major landforms is Death Valley, which is 282 feet below sea level. It is also the location of the highest temperature recorded in the U.S. California also has a desert called Mojave Desert located in the south. California also has two mountain ranges called the Coast Ranges, to the west, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to the east. The Sierra Nevada Mountains holds the tallest mountain in the contenental U.S., Mt. Whitney (14,494). The Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River run through Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley in California. Also, located to the south of San Francisco is Monterey Bay. The Salton Sea is also a lake located at the south of California. The Salton Sea also has a canal that leads to Colorado River. The California terrain varies throughout the state because it is so such a large state.The terrain of California is needleleaf forests, cropland, desert, and some tundra on the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is also very rocky. The average height above sea level is 7106 feet. The highest point is 14,494 feet and the lowest point is -282 feet

__**Physical Map of California:**__ __**Climate**__ California mostly has a Marine West Coast and Mediterranean climate. The winters in Northern California (Marine West Coast) are rainy and mild and in the summer the temperature seems to stay cooler. In Southern California (Meditterranean) the climate has mild, rainy winters and instead of cool summers, they experience hot summers. The average rainfall in California ranges from 0-10 inches in the Mojave desert. In Northwestern California you can get over 80 inches. Mostly though in California it is 40 to 80 inches of rain. The average climate in California in summer is 70 to 80 degrees Farenheit, but in Death Valley it is 100 to 110 degrees Farenheit. The average climate in winter in California is 40 to 60 degrees Farenheit. The precipitation in California is mostly rain and some snow on the mountains.

__**Economy**__ The natural resources in California is the Pacific Ocean for fish, petroleum northwest of Los Angeles, east of Los Angeles is copper mines, north of Los Angeles is gold, and natural gas is just south of the Oregon border. Where gold is found is the site of where the California Gold Rush took place. There is mainly manufacturing in the two major cities of California, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Surrounding San Francisco is large commercial farming. The southeastern corner of California is not used very much at all. The other parts of California are mostly forests and little areas of ranching. California manufactures many things. Some of these things are airplanes and computer and software. Two major industries that California has are movies and tourism.

__**People**__ There are three major cities in California, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Some leisure activities that people live in California do are plane riding, fishing, whale watching, theme parks, national parks, and play at the beach. Some major attractions in California are Hollywood, San Franisco, San Diego, Los Angles, Disneyland, and national parks. Near the west coast of California, the population density is 250 people per square mile. On the eastern side of California, there is 0 to 50 people per square mile.

__**Interesting Facts**__ Nickname: The Golden State Entered Union: September 9, 1850 (31st State) State Song: "I Love You California" Size of State: 158,693 square miles State Motto: Eureka (I have found it) State Colors: Pale blue and golden yellow State Animal: California Grizzly Bear (extinct) State Bird: California Valley Quail State Fish: South Fork Golden Trout Sate Flower: Golden Poppy State Tree: California Redwood Sate Rock: Sepentine State Mineral: Native Gold State Reptile: California Desert Tortoise State Insect: California Dog Face Butterfly (Flying Pansy) State Marine Mammal: California Gray haleState Fossil: California Sabertooth Cat

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