World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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Channel Islands

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Santa Rosa I.

CALIFORNIA

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ARIZONA

MEXICO

Bakersfield

Berkeley

Fresno

Los Angeles

Modesto

Oakland

Oceanside

Oxnard

Riverside

Salinas

San Diego

Chula Vista

San Francisco

Stockton

Pasadena

Las Vegas

Reno

San Jose

SACRAMENTO

CARSON CITY

Chico

Redding

Santa Rosa

San Bernardino

Santa Cruz

Santa Barbara

Mojave

Ely

Sparks

Winnemucca

Susanville

Yuba City

Hawthorne

Tonopah

Monterey

Visalia

Palm Springs

Barstow

Lancaster

Long Beach

Huntington Beach

Santa Ana

Elko

Fallon

Ukiah

Merced

Bishop

At Black Rock Deserton October 15, 1997,ThrustSSC, drivenby Andy Green,became the first landvehicle to break thesound barrier byachieving a speedof 763 mph(1228 km/h).

Death Valley is notonly the lowest pointin North America, at282 ft (86 m) belowsea level, it is alsothe hottest, witha maximum airtemperature of134ºF (57ºC)recorded in 1913.

The Golden Gate Bridge,completed in 1937, has80,000 miles (129,000 km) ofwire in its two main cables,weighing a total of22,200 tons (tonnes).