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California State University, Northridge
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GEOG 417 | California for Educators
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2024
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List of Physical Features The table below contains several lists of physical features you will be required to know for a map quiz this semester. Use this list and the accompanying maps to prepare for the quiz. Major / Significant Rivers Colorado River Kern River Klamath River Owens River Sacramento River Salinas River San Joaquin River Russian River Valleys and Plains Death Valley (in Basin and Range) Imperial & Coachella Valleys (in Salton Trough) Owens Valley (in Basin and Range) Salinas Valley Mojave Desert (in Basin and Range) Great Central Valley (includes two major valleys) Sacramento Valley (in Great Central Valley) San Joaquin Valley (in Great Central Valley) Major Statewide Water Features Table Lakes and Bays Points and Islands Lake Tahoe Cape Mendocino Mono Lake Pt. Reyes Monterey Bay Pt. Conception Owens Lake Pt. Arguello Salton Sea Santa Rosa Island (Channel Islands) San Diego Bay Santa Cruz Island (Channel Islands) San Francisco Bay San Clemente Island (Channel Island) San Miguel Island (Channel Island) California Landform Features Table Geomorphic Regions Mountains and Passes Basin and Range Mount Whitney (Sierra Nevada) Cascade Mountains Central/Southern Coast Ranges Klamath Mountains Modoc Plateau North Coast Ranges Los Angeles Basin San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Valley Santa Clarita Valley Mount Shasta (Cascade Volcano) Sutter Buttes (Sacramento Valley) Beckwourth Pass (Sierra Nevada- CA Highway 70) Donner Pass (Sierra Nevada - Interstate 80, US Highway 40) Peninsular Ranges Tehachapi Pass (Tehachapi Mountains - CA Highway 58) Salton Trough or Salton Sink San Gorgonio Pass & Mount San Gorgonio - San Bernardino Mountains on Interstate 10 Colorado Desert (part of the larger Sonoran Desert) - in the Salton Sierra Nevada Mountains Trough or Sink The California Delta (leads into Transverse Ranges San Francisco Bay) Valleys and Plains Mount Lassen (Cascade Volcano) Cajon Pass (San Gabriels / San Bernardinos I-15) Greater Los Angeles Physical Features Table (LA Map Quiz) Mountains and Rivers, Lakes and Mountain Ranges Points and Islands Passes Bays Mount San Antonio San Gabriel /Old Baldy (San Los Angeles River Point Dume (Malibu) Mountains Gabriels) Owens River Mount Pinos (San Santa Monica (diverted from Owens Palos Verde Peninsula Emigdio) Mountains Valley) Santa Susanna Cahuenga Pass (US Santa Clara River Point Mugu Mountains Hwy 101) Sepulveda Pass Simi Hills San Gabriel River (Interstate 405) Oxnard Plain Simi Valley Antelope Valley Newhall Pass (I 5 / CA 14) Santa Susanna Pass Tehachapi Mountains (CA 118) Tejon Pass - (Interstate Hollywood Hills 5) Verdugo Hills Topa Topa Mountains San Emigdio Santa Ana Mountains Santa Monica Bay Ventura River Lake Casitas Ballona Creek Santa Ana River San Pedro Bay Santa Catalina Island

Map Quiz - List of Physical Features

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