Sierra Nevada foothills

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foothills geographical region

The Sierra Nevada foothills are the lower-elevation, rolling western slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, characterized by oak woodlands, grasslands, and river canyons, and long inhabited by Indigenous peoples.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Sierra Nevada foothills canonical 210
Sierra Foothills 3
Sierra Nevada foothills region 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf foothills ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
biome Mediterranean woodland and scrub ⓘ
borderedBy Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: Central Valley of California

higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
characterizedBy grasslands ⓘ
oak woodlands ⓘ
river canyons ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
climate cool wet winters ⓘ
hot dry summers ⓘ
contains blue oak woodlands ⓘ
chaparral vegetation ⓘ
historic mining towns ⓘ
live oak woodlands ⓘ
oak savanna ecosystems ⓘ
riparian corridors ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
drainedBy American River ⓘ
Feather River ⓘ
Kings River ⓘ
Merced River ⓘ
Stanislaus River ⓘ
Tuolumne River ⓘ
Yuba River ⓘ
economicActivity ranching ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 300 to 1,500 meters above sea level ⓘ
fauna California ground squirrel ⓘ
coyote ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ
flora Avena fatua ⓘ
Quercus douglasii ⓘ
Quercus wislizeni ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Maidu people ⓘ
Miwok people ⓘ
surface form: Miwok peoples

Maidu people ⓘ
surface form: Nisenan people

Yokuts people ⓘ
surface form: Yokuts peoples
inhabitedBy Indigenous peoples ⓘ
knownFor California Gold Rush history ⓘ
Mediterranean climate ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
locatedOn western slope of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
partOf Sierra Nevada ⓘ
regionOf Central California ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
threatenedBy invasive plant species ⓘ
residential development ⓘ
wildfire ⓘ

Referenced by (222)

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

Southern Sierra Miwok → traditionalHomeland → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Mother Lode region → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Madera County → locatedInRegion → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
El Dorado County → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Utian languages → traditionalLocation → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Miwok languages → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Northern Sierra Miwok → traditionalRegion → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Butte County → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Nevada County, California → hasFeature → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Central California → contains → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Yokuts people → indigenousTo → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Nevada City, California, United States → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
subject surface form: Nevada City, California
Jamestown → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
subject surface form: Jamestown, California
Sonora → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Coloma, California → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Jackson → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
subject surface form: Jackson, California
Groveland → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
subject surface form: Groveland, California
Placerville → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Nevada City → locatedInRegion → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Grass Valley → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Grass Valley → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Angels Camp → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Coarsegold → locatedInRegion → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Coloma Historic Park → near → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Gold Country → developedAlong → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Gold Country → geographicalFeature → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Pollock Pines → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Cameron Park → locatedNear → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Sutter Creek → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Oakhurst → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
El Dorado Hills → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Shingle Springs → locatedInRegion → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Bootjack → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Mariposa → locatedInRegion → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
El Portal → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Catheys Valley → locatedInRegion → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Walker Pass → hasViewOf → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
California red-legged frog → geographicRange → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Midpines → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Bass Lake → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Calaveras County → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Amador County, California → elevationFeature → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Georgetown → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
subject surface form: Georgetown, California
Colfax, California → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Auburn, California → locatedIn → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Yana language → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Clovis, California → adjacentTo → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Columbia → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia (California)
Yokutsan languages → region → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Kings River → flowsThrough → Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: foothills of the Sierra Nevada