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California Regions: Valley

8/26/2016

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By Jinju, Jazzlene, Chloe, Jayden, Luis, Heaven, and Sophia

The California valley region is flat, large and 40-60 miles wide. It stretches 450 miles from north- northwestern to south-southeast and covers 22,500 square miles. It has many major cities, including the state capital Sacramento, as well as Redding, Stockton, Modesto and Fresno.

Climate:
California Valley region's climate has a hot Mediterranean climate in the north. The southern part of the region is dry. The central valley usually gets more than 20 inches of precipitation a year.

Geographical Features:
The Central Valley is divided into 2 smaller valleys, the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley.
The Central Valley is a lowland region. It is also one of the major agricultural regions in the United States because of the fertile soil and extended growing seasons.
The Valley has two rivers, the San Joaquin and the Sacramento Rivers.

Agriculture:
The city of Modesto brings in $1.3 BILLION for California a year just in agriculture.
Artichokes, strawberry, avocados, pistachios, almonds, nectarines, and grapes are some of the 360 crops that are grown in the Central Valley.


Fun Facts:
-6.5 million people live in the Central Valley.
-There are trees that are 160 million years old in the valley region.
-90% of the world's almonds are grown in California's valley region.

*Note from Miss B*
It's great if you are using these blogs to help with your research. However posting comments that are inappropriate are unacceptable. Thanking the kiddos is A-okay. 

12 Comments
Miss Bilovsky
8/26/2016 10:29:27 am

You guys worked hard!

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rashawn link
10/29/2018 11:26:42 am

thanks

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Ashley
8/26/2016 05:06:43 pm

Good job valley team

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Ileana
8/26/2016 09:44:28 pm

This slideshow was amazing! Great job capturing the beauty of the valleys in California!! Way to go Valley Team!

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Miss Bilovsky's mom...P Bilovsky
8/28/2016 10:28:32 am

Another great report.

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Sira
9/1/2016 10:04:48 am

Good work

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Ashley
9/7/2016 07:17:28 pm

Wow 😱

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frank
10/8/2018 01:52:14 pm

give me all the stuff about the region pls

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Serena
8/19/2019 04:14:26 pm

great work everybody!!!

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Lila
9/25/2019 09:10:58 am

I agree with Serena. We are doing a project on CA regions a this helped me a lot! Great job! 10/10

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Serena Robinson
8/19/2019 04:15:51 pm

wow!!!!!

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Amelia Elias link
2/21/2020 11:46:29 am

I am writing an article on the valley region. This site was a big help.
Thank you!!

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