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escarpment escarpment
escarpment or scarp, long cliff, bluff, or steep slope, caused usually by geologic faulting (see fault ) or by erosion of tilted rock layers. An example of a fault scarp is the north face of the San Jacinto Mts. in California. Examples of erosional escarpments include the Palisades along the... Read more
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Far West Far West
Far West, region bounded by the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and the Northwest and Southwest regions, includes California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. The region varies from the desert wastes of Nevada to the forested Sierra Nevada and fertile valleys... Read more
Ensenada Ensenada
Ensenada , city (1990 pop. 259,979), Baja California state, NW Mexico. Developed in the 19th cent., Ensenada is the oldest deep-sea port in Baja California and is one of the most important ports in Mexico. It is a primary processing and shipping point for the region's agricultural produce, which... Read more
Condors Condors
Condors Return to the wild Resources Condors are New World vultures that are among the largest of flying birds. There are only two species, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus ) and the critically endangered California condor (Gymnogyps california-nus ). They are related to the smaller vultures... Read more
Joseph Le Conte Joseph Le Conte
LECONTE, JOSEPH(b. Liberty County, Georgia, 26 February 1823; d. Yosemite Valley, California, 6 July 1901),natural history, physiology, geology. For the original article on LeConte see DSB, vol. 8.LeConte’s major contributions to science include works on the physiology of vision, geology, and the... Read more
Baja California Sur Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur , state (1990 pop. 317,764), 27,571 sq mi (71,428 sq km), NW Mexico, on the S Baja California peninsula. La Paz is the capital. Most of the area is lightly populated and has little arable land. Some cotton is grown commercially, and there is significant salt mining in the... Read more
Natvar Corp. (City of Industry California) Natvar Corp. (City of Industry California)
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Sidney Coe Howard Sidney Coe Howard
Sidney Coe Howard 1891-1939, American dramatist, b. Oakland, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, 1915, and studied under George Pierce Baker at Harvard. His first successful play was They Knew What They Wanted (1924; Pulitzer Prize), a compassionate drama set in the wine-producing region of... Read more
William Wilson Wurster William Wilson Wurster
William Wilson Wurster 1895-1973, American architect, b. Stockton, Calif. Wurster was a major designer of town and country dwellings in the roomy and comfortable West Coast aesthetic termed "Bay Region style." His buildings were carefully integrated with the surrounding environment. Wurster... Read more

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