eastern California

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Eastern California is a sparsely populated, geographically diverse region of the state characterized by desert landscapes, mountain ranges, and vast protected natural areas along the Nevada border.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
eastern California canonical 32
Eastern California 20

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of California
adjacentTo Great Basin
Sierra Nevada
surface form: Sierra Nevada crest
borders Central California
Nevada
Northern California
Southern California
climate alpine (higher elevations)
arid
semi-arid
contains Ansel Adams Wilderness
Basin and Range Province
surface form: Basin and Range Province (California portion)

Bishop, California
surface form: Bishop (California)

Bodie State Historic Park
Death Valley
Death Valley National Park (partial)
surface form: Death Valley National Park (California portion)

Devils Postpile National Monument
Inyo Mountains
Inyo National Forest
John Muir Wilderness
Kings Canyon National Park
surface form: Kings Canyon National Park (eastern backcountry)

Lassen Volcanic National Park
surface form: Lassen Volcanic National Park (eastern portion)

Long Valley Caldera
Mammoth Lakes area
surface form: Mammoth Lakes (area)

Manzanar National Historic Site
Mojave Desert
surface form: Mojave Desert (eastern portion)

Mojave National Preserve
surface form: Mojave National Preserve (eastern California portion)

Mono Basin
Mono Lake
Owens River
Owens Valley
Panamint Range
Ridgecrest, California
surface form: Ridgecrest (California)

Saline Valley
Sequoia National Park
surface form: Sequoia National Park (eastern backcountry)

Eastern Sierra
surface form: Sierra Nevada (eastern slope)

South Lake Tahoe
surface form: South Lake Tahoe (California side)

Truckee
surface form: Truckee (California)

White Mountains (California)
Yosemite National Park
surface form: Yosemite National Park (eastern portion)
country United States of America
economicActivity mining (historically)
outdoor recreation
ranching
tourism
geography arid deserts
high mountain ranges
large endorheic basins
volcanic features
hasPart Alpine County
Amador County, California
surface form: Amador County

Calaveras County
El Dorado County
Fresno County
surface form: Fresno County (eastern portion)

Inyo County, California
surface form: Inyo County

Kern County (eastern portion)
Lassen County
Madera County
Mariposa County
Modoc County, California
surface form: Modoc County

Mono County
Nevada County, California
surface form: Nevada County

Plumas County
Sierra County
Tulare County, California
surface form: Tulare County (eastern portion)

Tuolumne County
highestPoint Mount Whitney vicinity (Sierra Nevada crest along the region)
knownFor desert landscapes
mountain scenery
outdoor recreation opportunities
vast protected natural areas
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

western United States
surface form: Western United States
lowestPoint Badwater Basin
surface form: Badwater Basin in Death Valley
populationDensity sparsely populated
timeZone Pacific Time Zone
traversedBy California State Route 120
California State Route 178
California State Route 58
surface form: California State Route 58 (eastern portion)

Interstate 15 in California
surface form: Interstate 15 (eastern California portion)

Interstate 80
surface form: Interstate 80 (Sierra Nevada crossing)

U.S. Route 395
U.S. Route 6 (California portion)

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

Coso volcanic field locatedIn eastern California
Mono-Inyo Craters locatedIn eastern California