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Expansive grassy wetlands in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, with distant mountains and utility poles visible on the horizon.
Central Valley Wetlands area in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Sacramento Valley, northern Central Valley, northern California, U.S.

Central Valley

valley, California, United States
Also known as: the Great Central Valley
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Central Valley, valley, California, U.S. Extending from Shasta county in the north to Kern county in the south, it covers about 18,000 square miles (47,000 square km) and parallels the Pacific coast for about 450 miles (725 km). Averaging about 40 miles (65 km) in width, it is almost totally enclosed by mountains, including the Klamath Mountains (north), Sierra Nevada (east), Tehachapi Mountains (south), and Pacific Coast Ranges (west). The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers,...

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