This is the climate in this region.
What is mild?
The desert is very dry and gets less than 10 inches of this each year.
What is rain or precipitation?
This is a high landform with steep sides.
What is a mountain?
Many valleys have this flowing through them.
What are rivers?
Most people live in this California region.
What is the Coastal Region?
A natural resource found in the coast.
What is fish?
This animal can survive for a year in the desert without water.
What is a desert tortoise?
This is the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada.
What is Mt. Whitney?
These California Indians were the first to live in the valley.
Who are the Miwok Indians?
There are many farms here.
What is the valley region?
In some places, the land has worn away over time.
What is erosion?
This is the lowest, driest, and hottest area in North America.
What is Death Valley?
These are large chunks of ice that have been on Earth for hundreds of thousands of years.
What are glaciers?
During the 1849, many people raced to California to find this.
What is gold?
This is the hottest and driest region.
What is the desert?
A place where ships and boats can load and unload.
What is a port?
These are the precious metals found in the desert.
What are gold and silver?
Miners from around the world arrived in California in search of these resources.
What are gold and silver?
California became one of the largest producers of these.
What are fruits and vegetables?
What is the mountain region?
People surf, build sandcastles and play volleyball here.
What is the beach?
This can lead to erosion and the loss of desert plants.
What is grazing?
This can make living in the mountains challenging.
What is heavy snow?
This was formed in 1935 to move water to farmers.
What is the Central Valley Project.
This is the largest urban community in California.
What is Los Angeles?