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40°<br />

39°<br />

38°<br />

37°<br />

36°<br />

35°<br />

Klamath Mts<br />

Carquinez<br />

Straits<br />

C o a s t<br />

San Francisco<br />

Bay<br />

Selected faults<br />

A A'<br />

Line of section (figure A11)<br />

Extent of San Joaquin Basin<br />

fluvial fans<br />

Major streams <strong>and</strong> selected<br />

canals<br />

Davis Population centers<br />

0<br />

124°<br />

123°<br />

122°<br />

S a c r a m e n t o V a l l e y<br />

Pacific Ocean<br />

EXPLANATION<br />

Geomorphic province—<br />

Basin<br />

Delta<br />

Dissected upl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Sacramento River flood plains<br />

Sutter Buttes<br />

Younger fan deposits<br />

Historical lakes<br />

Extent of Corcoran Clay<br />

Redding<br />

Red Bluff<br />

Sacramento River<br />

Davis<br />

Cascade Range<br />

0 100 200 Kilometers<br />

Shaded relief derived from U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Dataset, 2006.<br />

Albers Equal Area Conic Projection<br />

Sutter<br />

Buttes<br />

121°<br />

Sacramento<br />

Stockton<br />

Modesto<br />

San Joaquin River<br />

R a n g e s<br />

S i e r r a N e v a d a<br />

Stockton<br />

Fault<br />

S a n J o a q u i n V a l l e y<br />

San Joaquin Basin<br />

Kettleman<br />

Hills<br />

Tulare<br />

Lake bed<br />

100 200 Miles<br />

120°<br />

San<br />

Francisco<br />

<strong>Central</strong><br />

<strong>Valley</strong><br />

A<br />

C A L I<br />

Pacific Ocean<br />

F O R N I A<br />

Fresno<br />

Kings River<br />

Tulare<br />

Basin<br />

119°<br />

NEVADA<br />

CALIFORNIA<br />

Visalia<br />

A'<br />

Introduction 5<br />

Bakersfield<br />

Tehachapi Mts<br />

Figure A1. <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> major geomorphic provinces (modified from Davis <strong>and</strong> others, 1959; Olmstead <strong>and</strong> Davis, 1961; <strong>and</strong><br />

Jennings,1977), alluvial fans of the San Joaquin Basin (Weissmann <strong>and</strong> others, 2005), <strong>and</strong> extent <strong>and</strong> thickness of Corcoran Clay<br />

(modified from Page,1986 <strong>and</strong> Burow <strong>and</strong> others, 2004).

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