2007-02-12 05:33:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
California...the land of fruits and nuts. It's like the horn of plenty out there...
2007-02-12 05:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yah, i live in California
Main Rivers - Sacramento River, Colorado River, San Joaquin River
Highest Point - Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4,418 m) above sea level
Lowest Point - Death Valley, 282 feet (86 m) below sea level [this is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere]
Bordering States - Oregon, Nevada, Arizona
Bordering Country - Mexico
Bordering Body of Water - Pacific Ocean
Origin of the Name California - The name California comes from a mythical Spanish island ruled by a queen called Califia that was featured in a Spanish romance ("Las Sergas de Esplandian") written by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo in 1510. The Spanish explorers originally thought that California was an island.
State Nickname - The Golden State
State Motto - Eureka (I have found it)
State Song - "I Love You, California"
The official state flag of California, called the Bear Flag, was first used on June 14, 1846, but was not officially adopted until 1911. It was designed by William Todd. The flag pictures a grizzly bear and a star. The first Californian flag was quickly made by a group of American settlers who had just captured the town of Sonoma (from Mexico) and needed a flag to replace the Mexican banner.
California is bigger than eighty-five of the smallest nations in the world.
In Pacific Grove near Monterey, there is a law on the books establishing a $500 fine for molesting butterflies.
More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in America.
The California Condor found in the Santa Lucia Mountains in Central Coastal California is North America's largest land bird with a wing span of 10 feet.
An animal called the riparian brush rabbit calls Caswell Memorial State Park (near Manteca ) its home. Endemic only to the state's park system, the critter lives in approximately 255 acres stretching along the area's once-vast hardwood forest.
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge in Northern California contains the largest winter population of bald eagles in the continental United States.
2007-02-12 05:37:14 · answer #2 · answered by VdogNcrck 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
California's Mount Whitney measures as the highest peak in the lower 48 states.
The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are within 100 miles (160 km) of one another. Mount Whitney measures 14,495 feet (4,418 m) and Bad Water in Death Valley is 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.
Alpine County, south of Lake Tahoe, is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high schools, ATMs, dentists, banks, or traffic lights. It is also the only county in the state that doesn't generate agricultural production.
Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire United States.
San Francisco Bay is considered the world's largest landlocked harbor.
California is bigger than eighty-five of the smallest nations in the world.
In Pacific Grove near Monterey, there is a law on the books establishing a $500 fine for molesting butterflies.
More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in America.
The California Condor found in the Santa Lucia Mountains in Central Coastal California is North America's largest land bird with a wing span of 10 feet.
An animal called the riparian brush rabbit calls Caswell Memorial State Park (near Manteca ) its home. Endemic only to the state's park system, the critter lives in approximately 255 acres stretching along the area's once-vast hardwood forest.
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge in Northern California contains the largest winter population of bald eagles in the continental United States.
2007-02-12 05:39:25 · answer #3 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hows this one?
California's Economy is bigger than all but 3 COUNTRIES in the world! its the 4th largest economy in the world...the STATE of California, is larger than several hundred COUNTRIES in terms of revenue generation.
wow. thats the most interestin gone, to me at least. :)
2007-02-12 05:42:43 · answer #4 · answered by jmaximus12 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋