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    California has several distinct geographic regions, including the Sierra Nevada mountain range which contains the highest peak Mount Whitney at 14,495 feet. The Central Valley lies between the coastal region and the Sierra Nevada mountains. The coastal region stretches over 800 miles along the Pacific coast and contains many of California's largest cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, known for sunny weather and beaches. Naturalist John Muir explored and wrote about the Yosemite Valley over 100 years ago.

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    California has several distinct geographic regions, including the Sierra Nevada mountain range which contains the highest peak Mount Whitney at 14,495 feet. The Central Valley lies between the coastal region and the Sierra Nevada mountains. The coastal region stretches over 800 miles along the Pacific coast and contains many of California's largest cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, known for sunny weather and beaches. Naturalist John Muir explored and wrote about the Yosemite Valley over 100 years ago.

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    California's Regions: Desert, Central Valley, Coast

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    California has several distinct geographic regions, including the Sierra Nevada mountain range which contains the highest peak Mount Whitney at 14,495 feet. The Central Valley lies between the coastal region and the Sierra Nevada mountains. The coastal region stretches over 800 miles along the Pacific coast and contains many of California's largest cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, known for sunny weather and beaches. Naturalist John Muir explored and wrote about the Yosemite Valley over 100 years ago.

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    Californias

    Regions
    Click on any region.
    Your slide on the Desert Region
    Your slide on the Central Valley here
    A Few Facts
    -The largest mountain range in California is the Sierra
    Nevada..
    -The highest mountain in California is Mount Whitney
    which is 14,495 feet high.
    -Sierra Nevada means Snowy Mountain Range in Spanish.
    -John Muir, a writer and naturalist, explored and wrote
    about the Yosemite Valley over 100 years ago.


    A Few Facts
    John Muir and
    Theodore Roosevelt
    California coast stretches for more
    than 800 miles
    This region has most of the large
    cities including San Francisco, San
    Diego, and Los Angeles
    This region has sunny weather and
    world famous beaches.
    The Channel Islands and Farallon
    Islands are part of the coastal
    region.
    Indian groups that lived in the
    coastal region are the Yuroks, the
    Hoopas, and the Chumash.

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