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The Sacramento River and its tributaries are a significant part of the geography of the Sacramento Valley. Rising in the various mountain ranges (the various Northern Coast Ranges to the west, the southern Siskiyou Mountains to the north, and the northern Sierra Nevada to the east) that define the shape of the valley, they provide water for agricultural, industrial, residential, and recreation ...
The Greater Sacramento area refers to a metropolitan region in Northern California comprising either the U.S. Census Bureau defined Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade metropolitan statistical area or the larger Sacramento–Roseville combined statistical area, the latter of which consists of seven counties, namely Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Sutter, Yuba, and Nevada counties.
California's geography is largely defined by its central feature—the Central Valley, a huge, fertile valley between the coastal mountain ranges and the Sierra Nevada. The northern part of the Central Valley is called the Sacramento Valley , after its main river, and the southern part is called the San Joaquin Valley / ˌ s æ n w ɑː ˈ k ...
Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 population of 524,943 [7] makes it the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, the sixth-most populous in the state, the ninth-most populous state capital, [9] [10] and the 35th most populous in the United States.
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (4 C, 48 P) Pages in category "Geography of the Sacramento Valley" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
1.4 Sacramento Valley. 1.5 Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. 1.6 San Francisco Bay Area. 1.7 Sierra Nevada. 1.8 Shasta Cascade. 2 Southern California.
Which Sacramento Valley counties are more at risk? 1. Shasta County. Risk index: Relatively high. Expected annual loss from wildfires: $17 million. Frequency: 0.7% chance per year.
Sacramento County (/ ˌ s æ k r ə ˈ m ɛ n t oʊ / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,585,055. [6] Its county seat is Sacramento, [7] which has been the state capital of California since 1854. Sacramento County is the central county of the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area.