Los Angeles Basin

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coastal lowland geographic region sedimentary basin

The Los Angeles Basin is a large coastal lowland region in Southern California that encompasses the city of Los Angeles and its surrounding urban area, bordered by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Aliases (1)

South Bay ×1

Statements (103)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal lowland → geographic region → sedimentary basin →
borders	Pacific Ocean → Palos Verdes Hills → Puente Hills → San Gabriel Mountains → San Joaquin Hills → Santa Monica Mountains →
climate	Mediterranean climate →
contains	Alhambra → Anaheim → Bell Gardens → Bellflower → Buena Park → Burbank → Carson → Cerritos → City of Los Angeles → Commerce → Compton → Costa Mesa → Cudahy → Culver City → Cypress → Downey → El Monte → Fountain Valley → Fullerton → Garden Grove → Gardena → Glendale → Hawthorne → Hermosa Beach → Huntington Beach → Huntington Park → Inglewood → Irvine → John Wayne Airport → La Habra → La Mirada → La Palma → Lakewood → Lawndale → Lomita → Long Beach → Long Beach Airport → Los Alamitos → Los Angeles Harbor → Los Angeles International Airport → Lynwood → Manhattan Beach → Maywood → Montebello → Newport Beach → Norwalk → Palos Verdes Estates → Paramount → Pasadena → Pico Rivera → Placentia → Pomona → Port of Long Beach → Port of Los Angeles → Rancho Palos Verdes → Redondo Beach → Rolling Hills Estates → San Gabriel → San Pedro → Santa Ana → Santa Monica → Seal Beach → Signal Hill → South Gate → Stanton → Torrance → Tustin → Vernon → West Covina → Westminster → Whittier →
country	United States →
drainedBy	Dominguez Channel → Los Angeles River → San Gabriel River → Santa Ana River →
formedBy	sediment deposition → tectonic subsidence →
geologicalAge	Cenozoic →
hasCharacteristic	air pollution issues → flat topography → high population density → intense urbanization → seismic activity → thick sedimentary fill →
locatedIn	California → Southern California →
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
majorIndustry	entertainment → manufacturing → petroleum refining → trade and logistics →
partOf	Greater Los Angeles Area →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Griffith Park → Hollywood Hills → Verdugo Mountains →	overlooks
Puente Hills → Transverse Ranges →	adjacentTo
Cajon Pass → San Gorgonio Pass region →	connects
Griffith Observatory → Will Rogers State Historic Park →	hasView
Mount Lee → San Rafael Hills →	hasViewOf
San Gabriel Mountains foothills →	borderedBy
Los Angeles River →	drainageBasin
Antelope Valley →	locatedNorthOf
Tongva people →	nativeTo
Takic peoples →	region
State Water Project →	regionServed
San Gabriel Mountains →	separates
Metro Bus ("South Bay") →	serves
Gabrielino-Fernandeño →	spokenIn
W (Hollywood Sign letter) →	visibleFrom