US of California State Location Map
Sierra Nevada, which has been curled up in the East starting from the Second Time and cut with fractures, reaches a height of 4 420 m at Whitney Mountain, the highest point in the US, and Death Point (Death Valley) with its lowest point, 85 m below sea level. creates a striking contrast.
In the southern part of the mountain, which suffered severe erosion, there were quartz veins found in gold in 1848, which led to the “gold rush Güney. The Great Valley (Great Valley) extends for approximately 600 km between two mountain ranges; Thanks to the irrigation methods, the region’s specific steppe-type vegetation has been replaced by fruit and vegetable grown areas. The climate varies according to latitude
Ocean climate is dominant in the north of San Francisco: winters are mild and summers are cool; in the south there is a Mediterranean climate. Thanks to irrigation, drought has been prevented in Big Vadi, which is protected by coastal mountain ranges. It extends beyond the Sierra Nevada’s most angry deserts on the continent: Death Valley; Mojave desert.
