- For the Arizona valley, see Sacramento Valley (Arizona)
The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta in the U.S. state of California. The Sacramento Valley of northwestern Arizona is a north-south trending valley west and southwest of Kingman in Mohave County. The Central Valley is a large flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is an expansive inland River delta and Estuary in northern California in the United States. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It encompasses all or parts of ten counties.
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Geography
The Sacramento River and its tributaries dominate the geography of the Sacramento Valley. The Sacramento River is the longest River entirely within the U Rising in the various mountain ranges (the various Northern Coast Ranges to the west, the southern Siskiyou Mountains to the north, and the northern Sierra Nevada to the east) that define the shape of the valley, they provide water for agricultural, industrial, residential, and recreation uses. The Coast Ranges of California constitute one of the eleven traditional geomorphic provinces of California. The Siskiyou Mountains are a coastal Mountain range in the northern Klamath Mountains in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U Most of the rivers are heavily dammed and diverted.
The terrain of the Sacramento Valley is primarily flat grasslands that become lusher as one moves east from the rain shadow of the Coast Ranges toward the Sierras. Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody For the Australian television series see Rain Shadow (TV series. Unlike the San Joaquin Valley, which in its pre-irrigation state was a vegetation-hostile desert, the somewhat less arid Sacramento Valley had significant tracts of forest prior to the arrival of settlers of European ancestry. Most of it was cut down during the California Gold Rush and the ensuing wave of white American settlement. The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
Foothills become a lot more common from just south of Corning to Shasta Lake City. Corning is a city with nearly 7000 people in Tehama County, California, United States. Shasta Lake (or Shasta Lake City or 'CV' is a city in Shasta County, California, United States. These are known as the Valley Hills. The start of the valley hills is just south of Rolling Hills Casino at the Tehama-Glenn County line near Corning. There are also a few hills in Red Bluff and Corning. There is one major range of foothills between Cottonwood and Red Bluff known as the Cottonwood Hills (a. k. a 9 Mile Hill), and there is the Cottonwood Ridge between Anderson and Cottonwood. There are some hills in Redding, a few more than Red Bluff, and after Redding it is mainly foothills.
One distinctive geographic feature of the Sacramento Valley are the Sutter Buttes. The Sutter Buttes, also known as the Marysville Buttes or Histum Yani ( Maidu) are a small circular complex of eroded volcanic Lava domes Nicknamed the smallest mountain range in the world, it consists of the remnants of an extinct volcano and is located just outside of Yuba City. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Yuba City is a Northern California city founded in 1849 It is the County seat of Sutter County, California, United States
Agriculture
Citrus and nut orchards and cattle ranches are common to both halves of the Central Valley. Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of Nut is a general term for the large dry oily Seeds or Fruit of some Plants. An orchard is an intentional planting of Trees or Shrubs maintained for Food production. A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle The Sacramento Valley's agricultural mix also resembles that of the San Joaquin Valley to the south. The San Joaquin Valley (ˌsæn wɑːˈkiːn refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Nuts (primarily almonds and walnuts) are of greater importance north of the Delta, and rice, which is unviable in the bone-dry deserts of the San Joaquin, is a major crop. The Almond ( Prunus dulcis, syn Prunus amygdalus Batsch Amygdalus communis L Walnuts (genus Juglans) are Plants in the family Juglandaceae. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many The town of Corning proclaims itself "Olive City," producing olives for oil extraction and for consumption as fruit. Corning is a city with nearly 7000 people in Tehama County, California, United States. The Olive ( Olea europaea) is a Species of small Tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern In the central Sacramento valley lies the Sunsweet Growers Incorporated headquarters in Yuba City where more than half the growers in California belong to Sunsweet. Sunsweet Growers Incorporated is an Agricultural marketing cooperative founded in 1917 as the California Prune and Apricot Growers Association. Yuba City is a Northern California city founded in 1849 It is the County seat of Sutter County, California, United States The valley controls more than two-thirds of the worldwide prune market through the over 400 growers in California. [1]
Climate
Weather patterns in the Sacramento Valley are very similar to those in San Joaquin Valley to the south, although the humidity and precipitation tends to be a bit higher, especially in winter and spring. Summers are generally very warm and dry with average daytime temperatures usually around the low 90s, but triple digits are a common occurrence, especially in the Redding and Red Bluff area. Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the County seat of Shasta County California, USA Red Bluff is the County seat of Tehama County California. As of the 2000 census the incorporated city had a total Population of 13147 but it is currently Summerlike weather often continues well into fall; foliage usually doesn't begin until mid- to late-October. Winters are generally mild and wet with highs averaging in the mid-40s to low-50s, colder in the northern part of the valley and colder still in the foothills. During the rainy season, the Sacramento Valley is prone to relatively strong thunderstorms and, perhaps surprisingly, a fair number of tornados (albeit mostly of F0 or F1 intensity), especially in Colusa County and areas around Corning and Orland. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Colusa County is a County located in the Central Valley of the U Snow in the valley is rare, although Redding and Red Bluff, being at the north end of the valley, often experience a light dusting or two per year. Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the County seat of Shasta County California, USA Red Bluff is the County seat of Tehama County California. As of the 2000 census the incorporated city had a total Population of 13147 but it is currently Chico may get a rain-snow mix every few years, but it won't actually snow for about every 5 years. Chico (pop 86949 is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States, with 105000 Farther south in Sacramento, snow falls about once every 10 years or so. . During the winter months, the entire Central Valley is susceptible to dense tule fog that makes driving hazardous, especially at night and especially south of Corning. Tule fog (ˈtuːli is a thick ground Fog that settles in the San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento Valley areas of California 's Great Central
Transportation
Interstate 5 is the primary route through the Sacramento Valley, traveling lengthwise roughly at the valley's center. Route description Southern California See also San Diego Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway, Golden State Freeway Interstate 5 starts Interstate 80 cuts a northeast-to-southwest swath through the southern end of the valley, mostly through Sacramento and Yolo Counties. In the US state of California, Interstate 80, a major east-west route of the Interstate Highway System, has its western terminus in San Francisco Several secondary routes connect the two roads, including Interstate 505 and State Route 113. Interstate 505 (I-505 is an Interstate highway in California between Interstate 80 in Vacaville and Interstate 5. State Route 113 is a north-south highway that runs from south of Yuba City at State Route 99 to around from Rio Vista at State Route 12. The Sacramento area has a web of urban freeways.
Other principal routes in the region include State Route 99, which runs along the valley's eastern edge, roughly parallel to I-5, from Sacramento until its northern terminus in Red Bluff; State Route 20, which traverses the valley from west to east on its route from State Route 1 in Mendocino County to the Donner Pass; State Route 49, named in honor of the California Gold Rush and running through many old mining towns in the foothills of the valley; and State Route 45, which runs along the course of the Sacramento River roughly ten miles (20 km) east of I-5. State Route 99 (SR 99 commonly known as Highway 99 or 99, is a north-south State highway in the U Red Bluff is the County seat of Tehama County California. As of the 2000 census the incorporated city had a total Population of 13147 but it is currently State Route 20 (SR 20 is a State highway in the northern central region of the U State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a State highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the U Mendocino County is a County located on the north coast of the U Donner Pass (el 7085 ft / 2160 m is a high Mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, located above Donner Lake about nine miles west State Route 49 is a north-south State highway in the US state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California State Route 45 is a State highway in the US State of California that travels in a north-south direction from Route 113 in Knights Landing
The Union Pacific Railroad serves the valley, with its principal north-south line from Oakland to Portland, Oregon, via Sacramento, Marysville, Chico, and Redding. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Marysville is the County seat of Yuba County, California, United States. Chico (pop 86949 is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States, with 105000 This is also the route of Amtrak's Coast Starlight passenger train. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 The Coast Starlight is a 1377-mile (2235 km Passenger train route operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. The Union Pacific also has two east-west lines, through Donner Pass (the former Central Pacific Railroad), and through the Feather River gorge (the former Western Pacific Railroad). Donner Pass (el 7085 ft / 2160 m is a high Mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, located above Donner Lake about nine miles west The Central Pacific Railroad was the California-to-Utah portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America This article treats the river in California For other uses see Feather River (disambiguation The Feather River is a principal tributary of The Western Pacific Railroad was a Class I Railroad in the United States. Amtrak's California Zephyr uses the Donner Pass route. The California Zephyr is a 2438-mile (3924-km long Passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Western United The BNSF Railway has a line from Klamath Falls, Oregon, to a junction with the Union Pacific Feather River line at Keddie. The BNSF Railway headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the four remaining Transcontinental railroads and one of the largest railroad networks in Klamath Falls is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Keddie is a Census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The BNSF has trackage rights on both the UP east-west routes. Railway companies can interact with and control others in many ways In addition, the California Northern Railroad operates the former Southern Pacific Railroad line on the west side of the valley from Davis to Tehama (near Red Bluff). The California Northern Railroad is one of several Class III Short-line railroad companies owned by RailAmerica Inc Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento &ndash Tehama is a city in Tehama County, California, United States.
Educational institutions
- University of California, Davis
- California State University, Chico
- California State University, Sacramento
- Simpson University, in Redding
- William Jessup University, in Rocklin
Major cities
Counties of the Sacramento Valley
The University of California Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, or just UCD, is a public coeducational university located in the city of Davis, California State University Chico is the second-oldest campus in the California State University system California State University Sacramento (also known as Sacramento State or Sac State) is a public University located in the city of Sacramento This article is about the college in California For the college in Iowa refer to Simpson College. Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the County seat of Shasta County California, USA William Jessup University is a small non-denominational Christian college located in Rocklin California. Rocklin is a city in Placer County, California. It is a primarily residential community located north of Sacramento. Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the County seat of Shasta County California, USA Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento &ndash Chico (pop 86949 is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States, with 105000 Yuba City is a Northern California city founded in 1849 It is the County seat of Sutter County, California, United States Roseville is a City in Placer County, California, United States, located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento. Red Bluff is the County seat of Tehama County California. As of the 2000 census the incorporated city had a total Population of 13147 but it is currently Butte County is a County located in the Central Valley of the U Colusa County is a County located in the Central Valley of the U El Dorado County is a County located in the Gold Country of the U Glenn County is a county located in the Central Valley, in the northern part of the U Placer County (from Spanish: placer - "pleasure" is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U Sacramento County is a county in the US state of California. The County seat is the city of Sacramento, the State capital Shasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U Solano County is a County located in Bay-Delta region of the U Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U Tehama County (pronounced teh-HAY-muh is a county located in the northern part of the U Yolo County is located in the northern part of the US state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Yuba County is located in the US state of California 's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic