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  2. Geography of California - Wikipedia

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    Northern California usually refers to the state's northernmost 48 counties. The main population centers of Northern California include San Francisco Bay Area (which includes the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and the largest city of the region, San Jose), and Sacramento (the state capital) as well as its metropolitan area.

  3. Geography of southern California - Wikipedia

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    Essentially, the mountain ranges separate southern California into two distinct climatic regions: The heavy-populated coastal area west of these mountains is the one most associated with the term "southern California" and is characterized by pleasant weather all-year round, without frequent heat spells in the summer and without low temperatures ...

  4. List of geographic centers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    At that time, the center for a state was found by suspending a cardboard cutout of the state by a string, and then drawing a vertical line from the suspension point. After rotating the cutout 90 degrees and drawing another vertical line from the new suspension point, the intersection of the two vertical lines was used as the geographic center. [4]

  5. Southwestern United States - Wikipedia

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    The Ute were found over most of modern-day Utah and Colorado, as well as northern New Mexico and Arizona. [52] The Paiutes roamed an area which covered over 45,000 square miles of southern Nevada and California, south-central Utah, and northern Arizona. [53] The Hopi settled the lands of the central and western portions of northern Arizona.

  6. Outline of California - Wikipedia

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    The location of the state of California in the United States. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of California: . California is the most populous and the third most extensive of the 50 states of the United States of America.

  7. List of regions of California - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of regions of California, organized by location. Northern California. Central California. Central California. Central Valley; Central Coast (North) ...

  8. A Southern California coastal area long prone to landslides continues to inch toward the ocean at a rising speed posing danger to human life and infrastructure, a new NASA report shows.. The Palos ...

  9. West Coast of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The coastline sees significantly milder temperatures compared to inland areas during summer. In far Northern California there is a difference of 17 °C (30 °F) between Eureka and Willow Creek in spite of only 25 miles (40 km) separating the locations and Willow Creek being located at a 500 metres (1,600 ft) elevation. Slightly narrower ...