California is the home of Yosemite National Park! Located in central Eastern portion of California, Yosemite is easily accessible to residents all over California.
California itself can be divided into three large areas: the mountains, interior valleys, and higher mountain ranges i the east. Due to the movement of the Pacific Plate relative to the North America Plate has created many lateral faults, known as strike-slip faults. The most famous of the faults, which all of us in Los Angeles are very familiar with is the San Andreas Fault. California always has the threat of large earthquakes. The vertical motion of the faults created mountain ranges and valleys. These mountains are called the Coast ranges! Major valleys are the Napa-Livermore Valley north of San Francisco, the Santa Clara Valley, Silicon Valley, and Salinas Valley. Each of the Central Valley is the Sierra Nevada, which has been discussed a lot on this webpage. The awe striking landscape created peaks, scenic spires, deep canyons, and waterfalls, as our textbook states. These beautiful areas have all been protected by the creation of Yosemite National park, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park. Most of California has a Mediterranean climate, like Yosemite. This consists of cool and occasionally rainy winters and long summers with warm to hot temperatures and little or no precipitation. (You'll find this on page 287 of our textbook). California is a highly populated state! As shown in our textbook on page 298, in 2010 Los Angeles , Long Beach and Santa Ana had over 12 million people! San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont have over 4 million people. Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ontario also have over 4 million people. With the large amount of residents in California this adds to the tourism in Yosemite National Park. It's a natural treasure in their own state!
The Gold Rush effected the whole state of California greatly. The U.S. gained California after the Mexican war, and then gold was discovered in 1848. People came to California in a frenzy seeking the riches spread over all newspapers around the country. Posters, papers, and letters gave Americans hope that by traveling to California their whole life would change. A year after gold was discovered on Sutter's mill on the American River, 40,000 people had arrived. The state's population due to the Gold Rush increased significantly. Between 1850 and 1900 the population grew from 93,000 to an astonishing 1.5 million!
Yosemite National Park was affected by this gold rush. Once gold was discovered in California people rushed for the Sierra Nevada's. This bothered the original Native American population greatly and they tried to fight back. Below was a popular image found all over the Sierra Nevada's of the time! Finally in the late 19th century Yosemite National Park was protected from environmental threats, including miners!
California itself can be divided into three large areas: the mountains, interior valleys, and higher mountain ranges i the east. Due to the movement of the Pacific Plate relative to the North America Plate has created many lateral faults, known as strike-slip faults. The most famous of the faults, which all of us in Los Angeles are very familiar with is the San Andreas Fault. California always has the threat of large earthquakes. The vertical motion of the faults created mountain ranges and valleys. These mountains are called the Coast ranges! Major valleys are the Napa-Livermore Valley north of San Francisco, the Santa Clara Valley, Silicon Valley, and Salinas Valley. Each of the Central Valley is the Sierra Nevada, which has been discussed a lot on this webpage. The awe striking landscape created peaks, scenic spires, deep canyons, and waterfalls, as our textbook states. These beautiful areas have all been protected by the creation of Yosemite National park, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park. Most of California has a Mediterranean climate, like Yosemite. This consists of cool and occasionally rainy winters and long summers with warm to hot temperatures and little or no precipitation. (You'll find this on page 287 of our textbook). California is a highly populated state! As shown in our textbook on page 298, in 2010 Los Angeles , Long Beach and Santa Ana had over 12 million people! San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont have over 4 million people. Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ontario also have over 4 million people. With the large amount of residents in California this adds to the tourism in Yosemite National Park. It's a natural treasure in their own state!
The Gold Rush effected the whole state of California greatly. The U.S. gained California after the Mexican war, and then gold was discovered in 1848. People came to California in a frenzy seeking the riches spread over all newspapers around the country. Posters, papers, and letters gave Americans hope that by traveling to California their whole life would change. A year after gold was discovered on Sutter's mill on the American River, 40,000 people had arrived. The state's population due to the Gold Rush increased significantly. Between 1850 and 1900 the population grew from 93,000 to an astonishing 1.5 million!
Yosemite National Park was affected by this gold rush. Once gold was discovered in California people rushed for the Sierra Nevada's. This bothered the original Native American population greatly and they tried to fight back. Below was a popular image found all over the Sierra Nevada's of the time! Finally in the late 19th century Yosemite National Park was protected from environmental threats, including miners!
John Muir, Yosemite's guardian, also activated again the building of a dam akin to Yosemite in splendor. John Muir and his Sierra club, the Hetch-Hetch Valley, protested he dam. But in 1923 a valley making to Yosemite in splendor was flooded to bring water to San Francisco along the 186 mile aqueduct. John Muir always advocated for nature!
Three major water rearrangement systems are: California Water Plan, the Los Angeles Water Project, and the Central Valley Project.
Three major water rearrangement systems are: California Water Plan, the Los Angeles Water Project, and the Central Valley Project.
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