Environment of California
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The environment of California describes results of human habitation of the American State of California.
Gold miners excavate an eroded bluff with jets of water at a placer mine in Dutch Flat, California sometime between 1857 and 1870.
20th century petroleum extraction helped the city of Los Angeles become one of the largest in the United States.
A majority of Californians live, commute, and work in the hazy web of Southern California freeways.
The Salton Sea is an endorheic basin of evaporating irrigation return flows.
Trinity River (California)
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The Trinity River is a major river in northwestern California in the United States and is the principal tributary of the Klamath River. The Trinity flows for 165 miles through the Klamath Mountains an
Environment of California
…Delta encouraging crop production on drained wetlands. The Central Valley Project continued with Folsom Dam on the American River, Trinity Dam on the Trinity River, and Oroville Dam on the Feather River. Construction of the California Aqueduct has been completed to Southern California except for a Peripheral Canal…
Trinity River near Weaverville
Swift Creek, in the headwaters of the Trinity River, is mostly fed by snowmelt.
Trinity River near Hoopa
Trinity Alps west of Trinity Lake