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Death Valley Lowest point in North America; home to Badwater Basin and the sailing stones of Racetrack Playa.
Baja California The Mexican peninsula located directly south of California; separated from mainland Mexico by the Sea of Cortez.
San Francisco Bay Area Region containing Silicon Valley, the Cow Palace, and the Ohlone people; served by the BART and SamTrans systems.
San Diego Southernmost major CA city; home to Balboa Park, Point Loma, and a major port of entry to Tijuana at San Ysidro.
Sierra Nevada Mountain range containing the highest point in the contiguous US (Mt. Whitney) and the largest alpine lake (Lake Tahoe).
Yosemite National Park Park located in the Sierra Nevada known for El Capitan, Half Dome, and its namesake valley.
Salton Sea An accidental saline lake in the Colorado Desert created by a 1905 irrigation canal rupture.
La Paz The capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
Channel Islands Archipelago off the Southern California coast; home to the endemic island fox and pygmy mammoths.
Brea Tar Pitts Natural asphalt pits in Los Angeles that have preserved many Ice Age fossils.
Pasadena City north of Los Angeles; home to Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and the annual Tournament of Roses.
Fremont Alameda County city with the largest concentration of Afghan-Americans and a major Tesla assembly plant.
Badwater Basin The specific endorheic basin within Death Valley that sits at 282 feet below sea level.
Golden Gate Bridge The iconic suspension bridge connecting San Francisco to Marin County.
Sequoia National Park Park home to the General Sherman tree, the largest single-stem tree on Earth.
John Steinbeck Author of "The Grapes of Wrath" whose works are often set in the Salinas Valley and Monterey.
Lake Tahoe The largest alpine lake in North America, straddling the California-Nevada border.
Silicon Valley Sub-region of the Bay Area centered on Santa Clara Valley; global hub for high technology.
Alcatraz San Francisco Bay island known as "The Rock"; formerly a federal prison and site of an AIM occupation.
Richard Nixon Library Presidential complex in Yorba Linda featuring the namesake's birthplace and a Watergate exhibit.
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