Southern California coastal ranges

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The Southern California coastal ranges are a series of low to mid-elevation mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of Southern California, characterized by Mediterranean climate, chaparral and oak woodland ecosystems, and long-standing Indigenous habitation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range system
physiographic region
adjacentTo Peninsular Ranges
Transverse Ranges
borderedBy Pacific Ocean
characterizedBy coastal influence
deep canyons
low to mid-elevation mountains
steep slopes
contains Laguna Mountains foothills
San Joaquin Hills
San Luis Rey Mountains
San Marcos Mountains
San Ysidro Mountains
Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Susana Mountains
Santa Ynez Mountains
Simi Hills
Topatopa Mountains
drainedBy San Diego County coastal streams
Santa Ana River tributaries
Santa Clara River
Ventura River
extendsFrom Santa Barbara County
extendsTo San Diego County
formedBy faulting
tectonic uplift
geology igneous intrusions
metamorphic rocks
sedimentary rocks
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasEcosystem chaparral
coastal sage scrub
oak woodland
hasIndigenousInhabitants Chumash people
Kumeyaay people
Luiseño people
Tataviam people
Tongva people
hasVegetation evergreen shrubs
grasslands
live oaks
knownFor biodiversity
wildfire-prone ecosystems
locatedIn California
Southern California
United States
partOf Pacific Coast Ranges
tectonicSetting Pacific–North American plate boundary
usedFor conservation areas
hiking
recreation

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Tataviam people culturalRegion Southern California coastal ranges
Hanson Puthuff artisticFocus Southern California mountains
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Sespe Condor Sanctuary region Southern California Coast Ranges
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Oat Mountain partOf Southern California coastal ranges
Little Pine Mountain partOf Southern California Coast Ranges
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Salinan language family geographicDistribution southern Coast Ranges of California
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Eagle Rock (Santa Monica Mountains) region Southern California coast ranges
subject linked to: Eagle Rock
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges