The Valley Region of California 2003-2004 Valley Group Photo (Lily, Julia, Baylin, Elizabeth, Gigi, Dani) CA Region Project Home I SP Web Home
Vegetation (Plants)	Agriculture 1/2 of Americas fruits, vegetables and nuts are grown in our Central Valley. San Joaquin Valley is California's leading agriculture producing bioregion. 5 San Joaquin Valley counties rank among the state's top 10 counties in farm production value. More then 200 different kinds of crops are grown in the Central Valley.	Crops Wheat Grain Peas Corn Grapes	Wineries Acres of grapes from some of the largest wineries in the state give way to other crops. Wineries grow tomatoes, squash, peppers, and just about every other crop imaginable. Crops are made possible by a series of rivers -- the San Joaquin, Merced, Kings and Kern- as well as the great California Aqueduct.
Animals (Wildlife)	Delta Green Ground Beetle Found at the edge of vernal pools Very alert and fast Predators of soft bodied insects such as spring tails	Mule Deer Hides in the leaves and tall grasses Often seen at the edge of tree areas San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel Puts tail flat on his back for shade	Gray Fox Of the three fox species, the gray fox is the most common and is found throughout the state Usually lives below 6,000 feet in elevation San Joaquin Kit Fox Smallest member of the dog family in North America
Natural Features (Land forms)	Location Between the rocky coast and the Sierra Nevadas 400 miles long and 50 miles wide Important Landforms and Rivers Sacramento Valley -- Sacramento River San Joaquin Valley -- San Joaquin River Kern River Flat topped hills	History Once an ancient shallow sea Now is fertile farmland Lake Oroville Dam The highest man made dam in the entire world. It rises 754 feet and extends 6,800 feet across Feather River. This dam helps control floods.
Natural Resources (Industry)	Agriculture Fruit Vegetables Cotton Dairy Products Poultry Cattle  Oil Industry Southern part of the valley isn't very good for crops but it is rich with many oil and gas fields.	Farming Main industry of the valley is farming. Known to be one of the greatest farming areas in the entire world. Half of America's fruits, vegetables and nuts are produced in the Central Valley. Central Valley leads the USA in sales of crops such as raisins, grapes, walnuts, almonds, peaches, and olives.	Farming Almost every kind of crop is grown on farms in the California Valley. Crops are used all over California. Most people who live in the Central Valley make their living from the farms or are somehow connected to agriculture. You don't have to be a farmer to know every thing about crops!You could be a salesmen and know a hole bunch about growing them!
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Climate; Weather; Natural Hazards; Population Density	Climate Marine air and fog temperatures more moderate. Mediterranean climate with mostly warm, dry summers and mild winters. Central Valley summers are generally hot and cloudless.	Weather Averages Highest temperature -- 134 degrees at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley on July 10, 1913 Lowest temperature -- 45 degrees at Bocca near Truckee on January 20, 1937 Average yearly precipitation -- 22 inches of rain (56 cm) Average January temperature -- 44 degrees Fahrenheit Average July temperature -- 75 degrees Fahrenheit	Population Density 214 per mile U.S. average 78 per mile population 33,871,648 Important Cities Sacramento Fresno Stockton Modesto