Southern California Bight

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coastal region marine ecoregion oceanographic region

The Southern California Bight is a broad, curved stretch of Pacific coastline off Southern California known for its complex oceanography, rich marine ecosystems, and numerous bays and islands.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Southern California coast 3
Southern California Bight canonical 2
California Bight 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
marine ecoregion ⓘ
oceanographic region ⓘ
biodiversity high marine biodiversity ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate influence ⓘ
coastOf California NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservation marine protected areas present ⓘ
contains San Diego coastal region NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Pedro Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Barbara Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Monica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern California continental borderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsIsland Anacapa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Clemente Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Miguel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Nicolas Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Barbara Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Catalina Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Cruz Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Rosa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsIslandGroup Channel Islands of California NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
extendsFrom Point Conception NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo Baja California NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitatFor commercially important fish species ⓘ
kelp forest communities ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
rocky reef communities ⓘ
sandy bottom communities ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
hasFeature continental shelf ⓘ
eddies ⓘ
fronts ⓘ
submarine canyons ⓘ
upwelling zones ⓘ
hasIssue coastal pollution ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
urban runoff ⓘ
hasShape curved coastline ⓘ
influencedBy California Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Niño–Southern Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern California Countercurrent NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonal upwelling ⓘ
knownFor complex oceanography ⓘ
numerous bays ⓘ
numerous islands ⓘ
rich marine ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
monitoredBy Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf California Current System NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchFocus climate change impacts ⓘ
marine ecology ⓘ
physical oceanography ⓘ
supportsActivity commercial fisheries ⓘ
marine recreation ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Santa Monica Bay → partOf → Southern California Bight ⓘ
Chumash people → indigenousTo → Southern California Bight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern California coast
City of San Buenaventura → locatedOn → Southern California Bight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern California coast
Channel Islands → partOf → Southern California Bight ⓘ
this entity surface form: California Bight
San Clemente Island → locatedIn → Southern California Bight ⓘ
Chula Vista Bayfront → region → Southern California Bight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern California coast
Kizh Nation → culturallyAssociatedWith → Southern California Bight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of Southern California