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What is the large basin in California between the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada?
Central Valley :)
The largest basin in California?
Central Valley
What flatland lies between the coast range and sierra Nevada?
the Central Valley, I think. hey i have a sheet with the same questions!
What type of geologic feature is the Central Valley of California?
Plate movements sometimes cause the crust to warp, or bend, downward. The result is a basin. A basin is a broad, bowl-shaped valley. For example, the central valley of California is a huge basin with the sierras and coast ranges on either side. As these mountains rose, the currese forming the central valley's floor was bend downward.
What type of geologic feature is the Central Valley of California. How did it form?
Plate movemens sometimes cause the crust to warp, or bend, downward. The result is a basin. A basin is a broad, bowl-shapped valley. For example, the central valley of California is a huge basin with the sierras and coast ranges on either side. As these mountains rose, the curist forming the central valley's floor was bend downward.
What types of geologic features is the Central Valley of California How did it form?
Plate movemens sometimes cause the crust to warp, or bend, downward. The result is a basin. A basin is a broad, bowl-shapped valley. For example, the central valley of California is a huge basin with the sierras and coast ranges on either side. As these mountains rose, the curist forming the central valley's floor was bend downward.
What does basin mean in the amazon basin?
The word "basin" refers to the portion of a valley from which water drains into the river, and then to the sea. The Amazon Basin is another way to refer to the Amazon River Valley in northern and central South America.
Is Nashville in a valley?
Kind of. A valley is between mountains, and there aren't really any true mountains near Nashville. Nashville is referred to as the "central basin"... it really is a basin. The area of Nashville and surrounding areas is shaped like a big bowl.
Is California Central valley a rift valley?
No, the California Central Valley is not classified as a rift valley. It is primarily a sedimentary basin formed by tectonic activity, specifically the uplift of surrounding mountain ranges and the subsidence of the valley floor. While it is situated near tectonic boundaries, the formation processes are different from those typical of rift valleys, which are characterized by the divergence of tectonic plates.
What type of geologic feature is the central valley of California how didit form?
The mountains around the valley formed, creating the valley. The Central Valley formed as the mountains rose, the crust forming the Central Valley's floor was bent downward. Slowly, a thick layer of sediment built up the entire valley floor.
Is the central valley a mountain range basin volcano or a plateau?
It is a mountain range, I believe so that was one of my questions for mu sixth grade workbook homework.
What are 4 major geographic land regions in California?
There are four major geographic land regions of California. They are the Coast Ranges, the Inland Islands, the Central Valley and the Basin and Range. The Central Valley falls between the two ranges, and is considered some of the most fertile farm land in the world
