San Mateo And San Juan Creek

Along this journey created by nature, the river interacts with man’s influence to encapsulate the full geographic experience of this region. The succession of dams along the river’s path is a major contribution to how man has decided to mesh with the river. The dams have created reservoirs for water supplies, harnessed energy to provide electric power to the southwestern region, and controlled flooding. Flood control was the main concern at the time between the years 1905 and 1907 when large floods broke through the irrigation gates and destroyed crops in California. The flooding was so large it actually created a 450 square mile sea, named the Salton Sea. As a result of this major disaster, ideas were formulated to

"Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means 'a whale's vagina'.” – Ron Burgundy

So we can conclude that the creek is not polluted based on this evidence. The creek creature are mostly from group 1 and 2. Also, the creek water contains little to no nitrates and phosphates. The creek also contains a high amount of dissolved oxygen (9.8ppm to be exact) Lastly, the creek limestone neutralize acid rain. The pH of the water is also a healthy 7. After all this evidence we can conclude that the creek is not

The Central Valley of California, United States, is a notable structural depression which covers around 32,187km2 (Figure 1), and is bounded by the Cascade Range in the north, the Sierra Nevada in the east, the Tehachapi Mountains to the South, and the Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay to the west (Planert 1995).

“One, it’s tied to putting salmon back in the river. Two, there is no funding for dams or river recirculation technology that would maximize Sierra water runoff and lessen the economic devastation to some San Joaquin Valley farmers.” (McEwen 1)

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed is the largest one in the Atlantic Seaboard of North America; it covers 64,000 square miles of the United States, starting from the bottom of New York and flowing all the way to the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia. It encompasses the entire District of Columbia and parts

south along the coast is the California Current and the current in the Gulf of

This work of art is titled, Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz Pogonip. The artist who created this piece is Tom Killion, and its creation came to be in 2002. The piece is a wood stamp press, these presses are hand carved into wood and linoleum blocks. Each variety of color that is present in the piece, a new block has to be created to ensure that the color doesn’t blend in ways the artist would not want it too. In the framed final piece, the stamp is separated into two different frames to gives focus to the the, Monterey Bay and then Santa Cruz. In this piece, Killion uses this chance to portray Santa Cruz in a landscape narrative, he uses depth to enable the landscape. The piece’s foreground is the mountain in Pogonip, a hiking area in the northern part of Santa Cruz County; then it starts spreading out to a horizontal view of the ocean, and at the bottom of the mountain, Santa Cruz is located. In the depiction of the town you see the shadows of the Big Dipper, an amusement park attraction and the historic Holy Cross Catholic Church.

California is currently battling a massive water shortage that is crippling the state. The lack of a rainy season for the last four years is really putting a strain on the local farmers, citizens, and communities. California typically has a Mediterranean type climate where it has a concentrated rainy season for six months and then plunges into high temperatures of dry heat. This has not been the typical pattern the last few years. California has received very little rain and is now searching for ways to conserve and produce water. Scientists believe that there is “blocking ridge” that is caused by high atmospheric pressure that causes disruption of typical wind patterns that blow storms to the California coast. The ridge extends from the subtropical Pacific between California and Hawaii to the coast of Arctic Ocean north of Alaska. California is now looking for ways to conserve water by focusing on water conservation and relandscaping public areas with drought resistant and native plants.

There are many different types of geographic feature in California like mountains, deserts, and different water tremors. WIth these different geographic features there will come Earthquakes, Wildfires, Floods,Tsunamis,Landslides,and Coastal Changes.

According to the Missions of California book, The spanish missions in California comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Franciscans between 1769 and 1823. The Missions represent colonization of the Europeans in the Pacific Coast region. After Columbus’ landing in the west indies, the king of Spain wanted to set empire in the new land. They wanted to control politically and religiously. Not to mention that, in 54 years, 21 California missions were established along the the El Camino Real; one of them being Mission San Juan Bautista. The Mission also runs along the base of the San Andreas fault. San Juan Bautista is historically rich in architectural beauty, Native American history as

Watershed protection is a means of protecting a lake, river, or stream by managing the entire watershed that drains into it. Clean, healthy watersheds depend on an informed public to make the right decisions when it comes to the environment and actions made by the community.

Scene in Fig. 1.1., the Chesapeake Bay is substantial in size; at roughly 64,000 miles, it contains roughly fifty rivers and thousands of streams and creeks. It encompasses parts of 6 states, including all of Washington, DC. The Chesapeake Bay is what is known as a watershed, an area that contributes to the drainage to a water body, stream, river, lake or ocean. Rainwater that falls within the 64,000 square miles that is the Chesapeake Bay will subsequently travel through many streams and rivers, eventually making its way into the largest estuary system in the United States.

Central Valley California is approximately stretched over 450 square miles of prime, fertile, farming land; with Almonds being a major crop. Due to this California ranks as a top farm state by annual value of agricultural products. This draws a lot of revenue to the state however, it requires about 10 percent of the state’s water reserves.

The Tijuana Estuary has been affected for many decades from the pollution that is brought by the runoff from the Tijuana watershed. The Tijuana watershed is a large watershed with an area of 1,750 square miles. The Tijuana watershed is a unique watershed in San Diego because three-fourths of the watershed is in Mexico where a majority of the runoff flows across the border into the United States where it is discharged into the ocean. The watershed is located in a dry environment that is considered arid and only receives 10 inches of rain annually. A majority of the western basin is made up of developed land while the eastern basin is mostly undeveloped land (The Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve 2014). The Tijuana watershed has a rapid population growth with a majority of the Mexican residents living with insufficient utilities which causes unsanitary conditions and accelerated erosion. Public health and environmental problems occur because Mexico does not have strong environmental policies. Projects to help with these issues have been put into place to help improve water quality. Most of the runoff that is collected in the watershed eventually makes its way into the Tijuana Estuary and along the coastline which can result in economic problems because of beach closures. These areas are also home to many endangered species. Many of the endangered birds that live in the Tijuana estuary feed on plants and small fish that are in and around the watershed. The