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Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America.Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
California contains more forestland than any other state except Alaska. Many of the trees in the California White Mountains are the oldest in the world; an individual bristlecone pine is over 5,000 years old. [130] [131] In the south is a large inland salt lake, the Salton Sea.
Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3); all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central Valley. The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than 4,552,000 acre-feet (5.615 km 3).
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [3] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
More than 7,000,000 acres (28,000 km 2) of the valley are irrigated via reservoirs and canals. [4] The valley hosts many cities, including the state capital Sacramento, as well as Redding, Chico, Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Fresno, Visalia, Porterville, and Bakersfield.
It killed two people, burned more than 1.2 million acres and destroyed more than 30 homes. It was also the costliest fire in the state’s history, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...
The largest private preserve is the 93,000 acres (380 km 2) Wind Wolves Preserve owned by the aforementioned Wildlands Conservancy. [21] In total, there are many dozens of land trust and conservation organizations active in California, with thousands of acres preserved on public and private lands through their efforts. [22]
A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week about 45 miles northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a matter of hours. The Hughes Fire that started Wednesday ...