Carrizo Plain

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grassland ecosystem plain protected area valley

Carrizo Plain is a large, remote grassland valley in central California known for its striking wildflower displays and some of the most visible surface expressions of the San Andreas Fault.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Carrizo Plain National Monument 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf grassland ecosystem ⓘ
plain ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
valley ⓘ
access unpaved roads ⓘ
climate Mediterranean with hot dry summers and cool wet winters ⓘ
conservationSignificance one of the largest remaining intact native grassland landscapes in California ⓘ
contains Caliente Range foothills ⓘ
Soda Lake ⓘ
Temblor Range foothills ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ecosystemType California valley grassland ⓘ
elevation approximately 600 to 700 meters above sea level ⓘ
geologicalFeature San Andreas Fault ⓘ
geologicalProcessVisible strike‑slip faulting ⓘ
habitatFor San Joaquin kit fox ⓘ
Tule elk ⓘ
blunt‑nosed leopard lizard ⓘ
giant kangaroo rat ⓘ
pronghorn ⓘ
hasCharacteristic closed basin ⓘ
remote ⓘ
semi‑arid ⓘ
hasFeature offset stream channels along the San Andreas Fault ⓘ
pressure ridges along the San Andreas Fault ⓘ
sag ponds ⓘ
hasLandUse conservation ⓘ
limited cattle grazing ⓘ
knownFor intact native grassland habitat ⓘ
spectacular wildflower displays ⓘ
visible surface expressions of the San Andreas Fault ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Carrizo Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carrizo Plain National Monument

San Luis Obispo County ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central California ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
surface form: Bureau of Land Management
nearbyCity Bakersfield ⓘ
surface form: Bakersfield, California

Taft, California ⓘ
partOf Carrizo Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carrizo Plain National Monument

Coastal Ranges ⓘ
surface form: Coast Ranges geomorphic province
recreation hiking ⓘ
wildflower viewing ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
vegetation bunchgrasses ⓘ
native annual wildflowers ⓘ
saltbush scrub ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Carrizo Plain → locatedIn → Carrizo Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carrizo Plain National Monument
Carrizo Plain → partOf → Carrizo Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carrizo Plain National Monument
San Andreas Fault → passesThrough → Carrizo Plain ⓘ