The Colorado River ('Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1450 miles, 2333 kilometers long, draining a part of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The river's course takes you from the source in the impressive snow-covered mountain landscapes, over dams and lakes, through the deep eroded canyons and dry desert areas to ...
Editor's note (Wikipedia): The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, University of California, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. The oldest campus of the University of ...
Sovereign Hill recreates Ballarat’s first ten years after the discovery of gold in 1851 when thousands of international fortune-hunters rushed to the Australian goldfields in search of riches.
Mundaring Weir supplies water to the Goldfields and Agricultural water supply areas. It is not only an important source of fresh water for Western Australians but is also a tourist destination with educational, historical and natural attractions that we all can enjoy
This collection contains 28 1×2 degree detailed geologic maps covering the entire state of California. These were produced in the 1960s and 1970s by the USGS and State of California.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF, or CAL FIRE) is the State of California's agency responsible for fire protection in State Responsibility Areas of California as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests. It is often referred to as The California Department of Forestry, which was the name of the department before the 1990s. In the 1970s a...
This is the exact geographic center of California, coordinates provided by California's Gold episode #608, "Center of California", and also verified by the United States Geological Survey (in the episode) in the following Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Fork,_California
The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of "sister track" Michigan International Speedway. It is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. It is a relatively new race track, opening in early 1997, and has additional configurations and facilities to accom...