Southern California coastal ranges

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

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Tataviam people → culturalRegion → Southern California coastal ranges ⓘ
Hanson Puthuff → artisticFocus → Southern California mountains ⓘ
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Sespe Condor Sanctuary → region → Southern California Coast Ranges ⓘ
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Oat Mountain → partOf → Southern California coastal ranges ⓘ
Little Pine Mountain → partOf → Southern California Coast Ranges ⓘ
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Salinan language family → geographicDistribution → southern Coast Ranges of California ⓘ
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges
Eagle Rock (Santa Monica Mountains) → region → Southern California coast ranges ⓘ
subject linked to: Eagle Rock
linked to: Southern California coastal ranges