Why does California have different regions

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Why does California have different regions?
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PRECIPITATION
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VEGETATION
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TOPOGRAPHY
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TOPOGRAPHY
PRECIPITATION
GEOLOGY
ECOREGION
VEGETATION
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California Bio Regions

• A journey through pictures

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Coastal Region
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Big Sur
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Big Sur
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Big Sur
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Seaweed, Big Sur
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Duxbury Reef
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Lost Coast
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Lost Coast
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Lost Coast
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Anemones at Lost Coast
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Sea Urchin from Lost Coast
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Kelp Forest, Pacific Ocean
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Point Reyes
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Muir Beach, Marin County
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Bay marsh near Richmond
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Bay marsh near Richmond
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Bay marsh near Richmond
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Coastal Mountain Region
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Hastings Reserve
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Foothill Yellow-legged Frog, Angelo Reserve
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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Trinity Alps
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Sunol Regional Park near Fremont
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Sunol Regional Park near Fremont
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Sunol Regional Park near Fremont
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Red-legged frog, Sunol Regional Park
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Redwood State Park, Garberville
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Central Valley Region
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Central Valley
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Jepson Prairie, Central Valley
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Putah Creek, near Winters, Central Valley
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Putah Creek, near Winters, Central Valley
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Putah Creek, near Davis, Central Valley
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Putah Creek, near Davis, Central Valley
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Poppies in Central Valley
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California Aqueduct and I-5, San Joaqin Valley
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Desert Region
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Death Valley
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Death Valley
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Desert Horned Lizard, Mojave
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Sidewinder Rattlesnake, Mojave
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Badwater, Death Valley
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Desert Gold flowers, Death Valley
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Joshua Tree National Park
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Tortoise Preserve near California City
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Sierra Nevada Mountain Region
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Yosemite National Park
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Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite
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Coyote, Yosemite
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Black-tailed Deer, Yosemite
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Donner Pass, Sierra Nevada
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Yosemite Valley
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Yosemite Valley
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Yosemite Valley
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Sagehen Research Station, Sierra Nevada
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Sagehen Research Station, Sierra Nevada
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Hoover Wilderness, Tuolumne Meadows
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Hoover Wilderness, Tuolumne Meadows
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California Bioregions
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Biodiversity in California Game
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Central Valley Region
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Coastal Mountain Region
Mt. Diablo
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Desert Region
Horned Lizard
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Coastal Region
Sea Otter
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Desert Region
Death Valley
Sea Otter
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Sierra Nevada Mountain Region
Big Horn Sheep
Sea Otter
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Central Valley Region
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Coastal Mountain Region
Coastal Redwood
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Coastal Region
Sea Anemone
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Sierra Nevada Mountain Region