California

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California is on the west coast of the USA. Its terrain and climate varies greatly.

Table of contents

1 Regions 2 Get in 3 Cities 4 Other destinations 5 See Also

Regions

• Southern California -- Warm, crowded, home to the Los Angeles-San Diego megalopolis
• The Inland Empire -- California's forgotten back yard
• The Desert -- Palm trees, blazing sun, resorts
• The Central Coast -- Fertile and cool, remarkably comfortable
• Monterey Bay -- Sophisticated yet remote, with historical Spanish buildings
• The Sierra Nevada -- California's own alpine and skiing region
• Gold Country -- Historical foothills to the Sierras
• Lake Tahoe -- Water sports in summer, skiing in winter, gambling year-round
• The San Joaquin Valley -- Breadbasket of California
• The Bay Area -- Kooky, off-beat, high-tech
• The Sacramento Valley -- Sacto and north
• Shasta Cascades -- North central
• The North Coast -- redwood trees, ruggest coast

Get in

In many places, notably Southern California, there are inspections to ensure that some fruits and vegetables from Mexico do not cross north into a region where they may come into contact with the farms in the Central Valley. Often, travellers are subject to border inspection and asked if they have been on a farm or are carrying organic matter with them. These measures are likely to be increasingly stringent as extreme biosecurity problems arise from travel-carried fruit and vegetables, imported plants and animals, or even from packing material that may carry bioinvader species.

Cities

These are some of the major cities of California.

• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• San Diego
• Sacramento
• Santa Barbara
• Carmel

Other destinations

• Yosemite National Park
• Death Valley
• Disneyland
• Lake Tahoe

See Also

• Off-road vehicles in California