CaliforniaMacmillan, 1903 - 122 strani |
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Angeles Basin bituminous rock borax cañons Cascade Range centre climate Colorado Desert coniferous copper County deposits east eastern elevation Eureka extend flow foot-hills forests formed fruits gold grain gravels grown harbor important Indians industry irrigation islands Kern Kings River Klamath Mountains Lake land largest Lassen Lassen Peak lava located lumber miles mineral mining missions Mohave Desert Monterey moun Mount Shasta mountain ranges nearly northern ocean oranges orchards Owens Lake Pacific Peak petroleum physiography placer mining places plateau region portion PROVINCE quartz railroad rainfall reach redwood relief map rock rugged Sacramento Sacramento River salt San Diego San Francisco Bay San Joaquin Valley San Jose Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Madre Sierra Nevada Mountains sinking slopes Southern California southern Coast Ranges stock-raising streams summer surface tains thousand feet trees Ventura volcanic plateau winter Yosemite
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Stran 115 - Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San...
Stran 116 - Riverside Sacramento Hollister San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco Stockton San Luis Obispo Redwood City Santa Barbara San Jose Santa Cruz Redding Downieville Yreka Fairfield Santa Rosa Modesto Yuba City Red Bluff Weaverville Visalia Sonora Ventura Woodland...
Stran 115 - Independence. . . . Bakersfield Hanford Lakeport Susanville Los Angeles Madera . . San Rafael ... Mariposa Ukiah Merced. . Alturas. . . Bridgeport Salinas Napa Nevada City. Santa Ana Auburn . . Quincy Riverside Sacramento Hollister .... San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco Stockton San Luis Obispo Redwood City Santa Barbara San Jose Santa Cruz . . ... Redding Downieville . Yreka Fairfield Santa Rosa.
Stran 116 - In the calendar of the early missionaries each day was sacred to one of the saints, and so they named new places according to the name of the saint on whose day the places were reached or discovered. The names of the male saints begin with san, of the female with santa.
Stran 120 - Indians. The Spanish names are chiefly confined to the Coast Ranges and the southern part of the state. The names in the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains and the Great Valley were mostly given after the Americans came. Among the places named for Americans are: Stockton, Sutter, Kern, Lassen, Murphy, Angel, Carson, Downie, Weaver, Heald, Folsom, Gilroy, Hollister, Humboldt, Fremont, and others.
Stran 109 - Tell about the climates which you would pass through in going in the summer from the Great Valley to the summit of the Sierra Nevada.
Stran 109 - What natural barriers exist between California and the other portions of America? Were these as easy to cross in the early days as now? Why?
Stran 111 - How does the climate of the Great Valley differ from that of the coast? Why? What part of the valley is adapted to oranges? 62. How are raisins made? What kind of climate is needed ? 63.
Stran 110 - What is the most important occupation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains ? Mention others. Why do people go into the mountains in the summer?
Stran 111 - What is a cloudburst? What is its effect upon the mountains? Where are the lowest valleys in California? Tell about their climate.