The San Joaquin Valley Of California

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781390941289
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The San Joaquin Valley of the State of California written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The San Joaquin Valley of the State of California: A Brief Description of the Topography, Climatic Conditions, Industrial Development and Resources of the Region, Illustrated by Photographs of Typical Scenes and Containing Maps HE geography of the San Joaquin Valley is simple, and may be quickly learned. It is an oval-shaped piece of territory, about twice and a half times as long as it is broad, and it extends in a northwest and southeast direction through, the center of the State. Measured from north to south it is f almost exactly in the center of California that is, the distance from the southern boundary of the valley to Lower California just equals the distance from the northern boundary of the valley to the Oregon line; but as the San Joaquin river lies somewhat nearer to the ocean than to the Nevada boundary, the valley is not exactly in the center of the State, on an east and west measuring. The northern end of the valley - which is the lower end, if we reckon by drainage - consists of seven counties lying side by side along a division line that marks the center of the whole district. These are: San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced to the west and Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa to the east. Next on the south comes the huge county of Fresno, which runs clear across the valley, from the Coast Range to the Sierras, out of which a piece has been cut on the northeast to make the county of Madera. Below Fresno lie the two coun ties of Kings and Tulare, side by side. The great county of Kern extends clear across the southern end of the valley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.