Tehachapi Mountains

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mountain range transverse range

The Tehachapi Mountains are a transverse mountain range in Southern California that form a rugged natural barrier between the Central Valley and the Mojave Desert.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tehachapi Mountains canonical	30
Tehachapi	1
Tehachapi Mountains region	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range ⓘ transverse range ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate with semi-arid influences ⓘ
contains	Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	BNSF Railway ⓘ California State Route 58 ⓘ Tehachapi Pass ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
ecoregion	California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ surface form: California montane chaparral and woodlands
elevationMax_m	approximately 2440 ⓘ
forms	natural barrier between Central Valley and Mojave Desert ⓘ
geologicalSetting	near Garlock Fault ⓘ near San Andreas Fault ⓘ
geologicalType	fault-block mountains ⓘ
hasLandUse	forestry ⓘ ranching ⓘ renewable energy development ⓘ
hasTransportationFunction	corridor between Central Valley and Mojave Desert ⓘ
hasVegetation	chaparral ⓘ coniferous forest ⓘ oak woodland ⓘ
hasWildlife	California condor ⓘ black bear ⓘ mountain lion ⓘ mule deer ⓘ
highestPoint	Double Mountain ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Kern County ⓘ surface form: Kern County, California Southern California ⓘ
locatedNear	Tehachapi, California ⓘ
nearbyRange	San Emigdio Mountains ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ Tehachapi Pass ⓘ Tejon Hills ⓘ
oriented	east–west ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ Transverse Ranges ⓘ boundary between Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges ⓘ
region	boundary of San Joaquin Valley ⓘ edge of Mojave Desert ⓘ
separates	Central Valley ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ
usedFor	grazing ⓘ recreation ⓘ wind energy production ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Valley → southBoundary → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Tehachapi Mountains foothills → partOf → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Antelope Valley → borderedBy → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Transverse Ranges → contains → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Kawaiisu people → traditionalTerritory → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Kern County → containsCity → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tehachapi

Kern County → containsMountainRange → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Rosamond, California → hasNearbyNaturalFeature → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Mojave, California → locatedNear → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Edmonston Pumping Plant → locatedNear → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Garlock Fault → crosses → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tehachapi Mountains region

California Aqueduct → crossesFeature → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

San Joaquin Valley → borders → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

San Emigdio Mountains → locatedNear → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Kawaiisu language → region → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Tehachapi Pass area → partOf → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Kitanemuk people → traditionalRegion → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Kawaiisu → traditionalTerritory → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Kawaiisu → region → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Kawaiisu language

Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm → locatedOn → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Tejon Hills → locatedNear → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Tehachapi Pass → locatedNear → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Keene, California → locatedIn → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Tehachapi, California → locatedIn → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

State Route 58 → crossesMountainRange → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: California State Route 58

Double Mountain → locatedIn → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Double Mountain → mountainRange → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Double Mountain → highestPointOf → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Tehachapi Crossing tunnels → locatedIn → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Tehachapi Crossing tunnels → crossesUnder → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Transverse Ranges orogeny → affectsRegion → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ

Kitanemuk → spokenNear → Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ