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California:

Geology:

• California boasts of some extraordinarily diverse landscape—from glaciated peaks to vast expanses of desert
• California is home to a vast array of mineral resources

Climate:

• Summers are hot, winters are mild and humidity is low.
• Temperatures in the summer can get well over 90°F (32°C) and smog can become a problem.
• in winter temperatures get down to around 55°F (12°C) and rain is a possibility.

History:

• California has four main regions. The temperate coastal region, the Central Valley, once an inland sea, the desert, and the mountain region.
• The name "California" came from a knightly romance book that was published in 1510.

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• California is in the pacific ocean
• There is a sea that is called Gulf of California
• California is in the North America
• The Indians living in the dry portions of southern California and in the Great Basin between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada belonged to many tribes and spoke various languages
• Most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W).

Food, Fruits

• Consumers are eating 25% more fresh fruit than they were 20 years ago. In 1996,
• California produces nearly 39 million tons of fruits, nuts and vegetables, accounting for more than half of the U.S. production.
• The state produces 350 different crops and commodities, making it the most diversified agricultural economy in the world.  

  Facts:

• Tectonic and volcanic activity, occurring over the past 250 million years, created our coastal mountain ranges of California
• The powerful, ceaseless waves of the Pacific also cut into the coast mountain ranges and carve vertical cliffs, terraces, and bluffs into the rock.

Geography

• A series of low mountains known as the Coast Ranges extends along the coast.
• The region from Point Arena, N of San Francisco, to the southern part of the state is subject to tremors and sometimes to severe earthquakes caused by tectonic stress along the San Andreas Fault.

Sources…

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