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pagegen_ca4.pdf INTERIOR-GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESTON, VIRGINIA-2004

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ShastaLake

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Barstow

Bishop

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Coalinga

Crescent City

Fort Bragg

Grass Valley

King City

Lakeport

Needles

Placerville

Red Bluff

Sonora

Susanville

Tehachapi

Ukiah

Wasco

Weed

Willows

Yreka

Avalon

Independence

Lone Pine

Mariposa

Mojave

Morro Bay

Paso Robles

Weaverville

Yosemite Village

Ridgecrest

Calexico

Chico

Davis

Delano

El Cajon El Centro

Eureka

Fairfield

Gilroy

Hanford

Hesperia

Hollister

Indio

Lodi

Lompoc

Los GatosMadera

Merced

Monterey

Napa

Palm Springs

Paradise

Petaluma

Porterville

Redding

Redlands

Roseville

San Clemente

San Luis Obispo

San Rafael

Santa Barbara

Santa Cruz

Santa Maria

Turlock

Victorville

Visalia

Woodland

Yuba City

CarlsbadVista

Citrus Heights

Atascadero

Los Banos

Anaheim

Bakersfield

Berkeley

Chula Vista

Concord

Escondido

Fremont

Fresno

Glendale

Hayward

Lancaster

Long Beach

ModestoOakland

Oceanside

Oxnard PasadenaRiverside

Salinas

San Bernardino

Santa Ana

Santa Rosa

Simi Valley

Stockton

Sunnyvale

Vallejo

Santa ClaritaVentura

Daly CitySan Francisco

San Jose

Los Angeles

San Diego

Sacramento

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San Nicolas I

San Miguel I

Santa Rosa I

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Pt Piedras Blancas

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Pt Reyes

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Punta Gorda

Cape Mendocino

Trinidad Head

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POPULATED PLACES

TRANSPORTATION

PHYSICAL FEATURES

1,000,000 and over

500,000 – 999,999

100,000 – 499,999

25,000 – 99,999

24,999 and less

State capital

Urban areas

Interstate; limited access highway

Other principal highway

Railroad

Ferry

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Streams: perennial; intermittentLakes: perennial; intermittent

Highest elevation in state (feet)Other elevations (feet)

The lowest elevation in California is 282 feetbelow sea level (Death Valley).

Berkeley

San FranciscoLos Angeles

Sacramento

Hollister

Ukiah

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