Central Valley (California)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Central_Valley_(California)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:valley
gptkbp:area	about 22,500 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Cascade_Range gptkb:Sierra_Nevada gptkb:Coast_Ranges gptkb:Tehachapi_Mountains
gptkbp:climate	gptkb:Mediterranean semi-arid
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Tulare_Basin gptkb:Sacramento_Valley San Joaquin Valley
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crosses	gptkb:Interstate_5 gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:State_Route_99 gptkb:BNSF_Railway
gptkbp:drainedBy	Sacramento River San Joaquin River
gptkbp:ecosystem	gptkb:California_Central_Valley_grasslands
gptkbp:environmentalImpact	gptkb:air_pollution groundwater depletion water scarcity
gptkbp:historicallyInhabitedBy	gptkb:Maidu gptkb:Miwok gptkb:Yokuts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Central Valley (California)
gptkbp:irrigationSource	gptkb:California_State_Water_Project gptkb:Central_Valley_Project
gptkbp:knownFor	agriculture
gptkbp:length	about 450 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:California
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Bakersfield gptkb:Fresno gptkb:Sacramento gptkb:Stockton
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Valley America's Fruit Basket
gptkbp:notableEvent	Dust Bowl migration
gptkbp:notableFauna	gptkb:Sandhill_crane gptkb:Swainson's_hawk gptkb:Giant_garter_snake
gptkbp:population	about 6.5 million (as of 2020)
gptkbp:produces	fruits nuts vegetables dairy products
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:width	40 to 60 miles
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sierra_Nevada_(United_States) gptkb:Sierra_Nevada_(US) gptkb:Central_Valley_wine_region gptkb:Sierra_Nevada_(California)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8