Sierra Nevada foothills
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
foothills
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geographical region → |
| biome |
Mediterranean woodland and scrub
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| borderedBy |
Central Valley of California
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higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada → |
| characterizedBy |
grasslands
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oak woodlands → river canyons → rolling hills → |
| climate |
cool wet winters
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hot dry summers → |
| contains |
blue oak woodlands
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chaparral vegetation → historic mining towns → live oak woodlands → oak savanna ecosystems → riparian corridors → |
| country |
United States of America
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| drainedBy |
American River
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Feather River → Kings River → Merced River → Stanislaus River → Tuolumne River → Yuba River → |
| economicActivity |
ranching
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tourism → viticulture → |
| elevationRange |
approximately 300 to 1,500 meters above sea level
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| fauna |
California ground squirrel
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coyote → mule deer → |
| flora |
Avena fatua
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Quercus douglasii → Quercus wislizeni → |
| historicallyInhabitedBy |
Maidu people
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Miwok peoples → Nisenan people → Yokuts peoples → |
| inhabitedBy |
Indigenous peoples
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| knownFor |
California Gold Rush history
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Mediterranean climate → |
| locatedIn |
California
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| locatedOn |
western slope of the Sierra Nevada
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| partOf |
Sierra Nevada
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| regionOf |
Central California
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Northern California → |
| threatenedBy |
invasive plant species
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residential development → wildfire → |