That is the second of some useful resource supplies I’ve on our school web site which can be being eliminated, so I wished to protect them. The next is a few data I give to my college students of my “Geology of California” course. For almost all of those college students, it’s their first introduction to geology, and their first introduction to the extraordinary state that’s their dwelling. For a extra full clarification of every superlative, click on on the orange hyperlinks (down the rabbit gap!). Take pleasure in!

Highest level within the decrease 48 states: Mt. Whitney, 14,505 toes 

Lowest level within the western hemisphere: close to Badwater, Loss of life Valley, -282 toes

The deepest canyon in North America (possibly): Kings Canyon, Large Sequoia Nationwide Monument. Hells Canyon on the Oregon/Idaho border could also be 19 toes deeper. Possibly…

Largest residing issues on the earth: Sequoia Timber

Tallest residing issues on the earth: Coast Redwoods

Oldest residing issues on the earth: Bristlecone Pines (5,000 years), White Mtns, or Creosote Bushes in Colorado Desert (11,000 years)

My Scottish BBC Interview at a comparatively balmy 110 levels

Hottest Place on the Planet and Driest Place in North America: Loss of life Valley: 134 levels, precipitation 1.4″/12 months

One of many Snowiest Locations within the U.S.: Tamarack, Sierra Nevada, 76 toes in a single 12 months, 32 toes in a single month, 37 toes on floor at one time

Highest Waterfall within the North America (no. 7 in world): Yosemite Falls, 2,425 toes

Second tallest energetic volcano within the U.S.: Mt. Shasta, 14,162 toes

Second most lately energetic volcano in decrease 48 states: Mt. Lassen (1914-21)

Most voluminous volcano within the decrease 48 states: Drugs Lake Highland (round 130 cubic miles) in northeastern California

Scarp from the 1872 Lone Pine earthquake

Among the largest earthquakes within the decrease 48 states: 1906 (San Francisco 7.8), 1872 Lone Pine (7.8), 1857 (Ft. Tejon 7.8)

Previous oil derrick close to the Santa Clarita Valley

One of many extra prolific oil and pure gasoline producing areas on the earth: Los Angeles Basin, Bakersfield, and Santa Barbara-Ventura Channel

One of many greatest explosions ever: Lengthy Valley Caldera, 750,000 years in the past, 125 cubic miles of ash unfold all around the western states as far east as Nebraska and Kansas

McWay Falls at Julia Pfeiffer-Burns State Park on the Massive Sur Coast

No different state has the mixture of landscapes: Coastlines, deserts, mountains, river valleys and plateaus, due in no small half to the truth that California is influenced by all three completely different sorts of plate margins: Divergent, convergent and rework. Few locations on the earth have this type of variety.

The San Andreas fault on the San Francisco Peninsula. San Andreas reservoir, from which the fault took its title, is within the foreground.

What would you add to this checklist???