Southern California coastal ranges

E614288
mountain range system physiographic region

The Southern California coastal ranges are a series of low to mid-elevation mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of Southern California, characterized by Mediterranean climate, chaparral and oak woodland ecosystems, and long-standing Indigenous habitation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Southern California Coast Ranges 2
Southern California coastal ranges canonical 2
Southern California mountains 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range system ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
adjacentTo Peninsular Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transverse Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Pacific Ocean ⓘ
characterizedBy coastal influence ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
low to mid-elevation mountains ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
contains Laguna Mountains foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Joaquin Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Luis Rey Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Marcos Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Ysidro Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Monica Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Susana Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Ynez Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simi Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Topatopa Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainedBy San Diego County coastal streams ⓘ
Santa Ana River tributaries ⓘ
Santa Clara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ventura River NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsFrom Santa Barbara County NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo San Diego County NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy faulting ⓘ
tectonic uplift ⓘ
geology igneous intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasEcosystem chaparral ⓘ
coastal sage scrub ⓘ
oak woodland ⓘ
hasIndigenousInhabitants Chumash people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kumeyaay people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luiseño people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tataviam people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tongva people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVegetation evergreen shrubs ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
live oaks ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
wildfire-prone ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Southern California ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Pacific Coast Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting Pacific–North American plate boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor conservation areas ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Tataviam people → culturalRegion → Southern California coastal ranges ⓘ
Hanson Puthuff → artisticFocus → Southern California coastal ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern California mountains
Sespe Condor Sanctuary → region → Southern California coastal ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern California Coast Ranges
Oat Mountain → partOf → Southern California coastal ranges ⓘ
Little Pine Mountain → partOf → Southern California coastal ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern California Coast Ranges