These activities can be used during whole group social studies or integrated into the reading block during centers. Students use rubrics to create different maps of California.

Vector Illustration (EPS10, well layered and grouped). Beautiful retro illustration with old textured paper and light rays in the background (colors used: blue, green, beige and black for the outline). This is a fun and engaging way for your students to learn about the political, physical, and regional geography of California. California map in retro vintage style - Old textured paper Map of California in a trendy vintage style. ^ 'US Census Bureau, US household income'.You may download, print or use the above map for educational, personal and non-commercial purposes. ^ 'Stanford University, income in California' (PDF). California physical map Click to see large Description: This map shows landforms in California.

National Integrated Drought Information System. ^ 'Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation'.The fluid nature of the state’s social, economic, and political lifeshaped so much by immigrantshas for centuries made California a laboratory for testing new modes of living. 'California's most destructive wildfire should not have come as a surprise'. Geographical and historical treatment of California, including maps and a survey of its people, economy, and government. 'Sinking Santa Cruz: climate change threatens famed California beach town'. 'The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. California Coastal Records Project low altitude photographs of the entire coast.An October 2004 CNN Money publication found that a 2,200-square-foot (200 m 2) home in a 'middle management neighborhood' would cost an average of $1.8 million. While the area has always been relatively expensive, when compared to inland regions and the national average, the recent real estate boom has left it as the most expensive housing market in the nation. The counties commonly seen as constituting coastal California are:ĭuring the 2000 Census, roughly a third of households had incomes exceeding $75,000, compared to 17.6% in the Central Valley and 22.5% at the national average. Counties Refugio State Beach near Gaviota, Santa Barbara County Monterey Bay shoreline, Pacific Grove, Monterey County Ocean Beach, San Francisco Over time, droughts and wildfires have increased in frequency and become less seasonal and more year-round, further straining the region's water security. It includes the names of the worlds oceans and the names of major bays, gulfs, and seas. Peak and often intense heat tends to arrive in September much later than the rest of the nation or state. Physical Map of the World Shown above The map shown here is a terrain relief image of the world with the boundaries of major countries shown as white lines. Point Conception tends to divide the Coastal region by mid-summer into warmer (south and east) and cooler zones (north). Climate Ĭoastal California is heavily influenced by east–west distances to the cold California Current (dominated by it) and microclimates due to hills and coast ranges, having strong ecological effects, summer and winter temperatures other than occasional heat waves are heavily moderated by ocean currents and fog with strong Seasonal lags compared to interior valleys as little as 10 mi (16 km) away. In the next 100 years, the water is expected to surge as much as 9 ft (2.7 m), bringing into question the fate of the many million dollar homes settled right on the edge of the sea. In the last 100 years, the water line has risen less than 6 in (150 mm) along the coast of California. The highest point of the range is Mount San Gorgonio at 11,499 feet (3,505 m). The coastline is slowly eroding due to natural processes and potentially accelerated by climate change, though much more slowly in other places in the United States. Urban Southern California intersperses the valleys between the Santa Susana Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains and San Gabriel Mountains, which range from the Pacific Coast, eastward over 100 miles (160 km), to the San Bernardino Mountains, north of San Bernardino. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2 ), California is among the most geographically diverse states. state on the western coast of North America. The area includes the North Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coast, and South Coast. Coordinates: 37958N 1192658W Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges California is a U.S. Learn about the geography, climate, biodiversity and history of California, the third largest and most populous state in the USA.

See also: North Coast (California), Central Coast (California), and South Coast (California) The Three Arch Bay gated community along the coastline of Laguna Beach, Orange County

Physical map of california