The Santa Clara River (Spanish: Río Santa Clara) is an 83 mi (134 km) long river in Southern California.It drains parts of four ranges in the Transverse Ranges System north and northwest of Los Angeles, then flows west onto the Oxnard Plain and into the Santa Barbara Channel of the Pacific Ocean.. The watershed has provided habitat for a wide array of native plants and …

Santa Clara (/ ˌ s æ n t ə ˈ k l ær ə /; Spanish for "Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California.The city's population was 127,647 as of the 2020 United States Census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area.Located in the southern Bay Area, the city was founded by the Spanish in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís under the ...

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California.It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810 ha) of rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific …

Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together form the U.S. Census Bureau's San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the larger San Jose-San …

Santa Maria (Spanish for "St. Mary") is a city near the Central Coast of California in northern Santa Barbara County.It is approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Santa Barbara and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.Its population was 109,707 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous city in the county and the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, …

Cities. Northern California's largest metropolitan area is the San Francisco Bay Area which consists of 9 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties. The Bay Area consists of the major cities of San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and their many suburbs.Although not a part of the Bay Area, in recent …

Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California.As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a popular tourist destination, owing to its beaches, surf culture, and historic landmarks.. Santa Cruz was founded by the Spanish in 1791, when …

Santa Cruz County (/ ˌ s æ n t ə ˈ k r uː z / ()), officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the Santa Cruz–Watsonville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the San …

Kalifornien liegt an der Nahtstelle zweier tektonischer Platten, der sogenannten San-Andreas-Verwerfung, weshalb es in der gesamten Region häufig zu Erdbeben kommt.. Mit seiner Fläche von 423.970 Quadratkilometer ist Kalifornien nach Alaska und Texas der drittgrößte Bundesstaat der USA. Als eigenständiger Staat wäre es größer als Deutschland und läge weltweit an 59.

Rancho Santa Margarita is located at (33.641518, -117.594524 It occupies much of a high plateau known as Plano Trabuco. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 13.0 square miles (34 km 2 ). 13.0 square miles (34 km 2 ) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2 ) of it (0.27%) is water.