Geography 390

Geography of California

Fall, 2004

SELECTED CALIFORNIA WEB LINKS

 

The Oakland Museum -- Field Trip Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004. Meet in the parking lot south of Schultz Library at 8:45 a.m., leave campus at 9 a.m. sharp, meet at Museum 10 a.m. (bottom level at Ecology Exhibit entrance, next to koi pond) , leave Museum by ~1:30 p.m., return to campus by 3 p.m.

http://www.museumca.org/

Check this site for directions to the Museum, descriptions of exhibits, etc.

California Maps of All Types

http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/ca_maps.htm

CALIFORNIA'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

California Geology

http://ceres.ca.gov/theme/geology.html

Earthquakes

http://quake.usgs.gov/index.html

Recent/daily records -- http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

San Andreas Fault System - USGS Professional Paper 1515, by Robert E. Wallace, 1991.

http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqsafs/frmain.htm

Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Shaking Hazard Maps -- Scenarios of shaking for different faults on different parts of the Bay Area

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/pickcity.html

Southern California Earthquake Data Center -- Links to maps of recent earthquakes in California and Nevada

http://www.scecdc.scec.org/index.html

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program - Northern California -- Hazards, Probabilities, Preparedness

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/fixit.html

ABAG Tools for Mitigating Earthquake Hazards in Your Home-- Are You Prepared?

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/fixit.html

California Climate --

Northern California Climate Summaries, from Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmnca.html

Southern California Climate Summaries, from Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmsca.html

California Vegetation

http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/natural/vegetation.html

http://www.calpoly.edu/~dchippin/zonation.html

A guide to the biotic zones of California and their dominant plant communities (after Sawyer and Keeler-Wolf (1995)).

California Water Resources - Dept. of Water Resources main page

http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov/

California Dept of Water Resources Data Exchange Center

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/

Water data by station, current river conditions, snow pack, etc.

Snow Page

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow/

Includes current hydrological conditions in California

EPA -Watershed data, California listings, USGS links

http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/hucperstate_search.cfm?statepostal=CA

USGS Biological Resources, California

http://biology.usgs.gov/state.partners/ca.html

MAPS AND IMAGES OF CALIFORNIA

Digital Atlas of California

http://130.166.124.2/CApage1.html

Includes demographic data, including population density, ethnicity, income, education, etc. for entire state plus detailed maps of northern and southern California, created by Professor William Bowen of the Department of Geography, CSU Northridge.

Panoramic Relief Images of the North Coast, California

http://130.166.124.2/northcoastterrain/northcoastterrain.htm

Also by Dr. William Bowen, CSU Northridge. Interesting aerial-type views from Crescent City to San Francisco Bay.

High Resolution Digital Images of the California Coast

http://www1.californiacoastline.org/

This site includes oblique aerial digital images taken from a helicopter, from Eureka to the Oregon border and Bodega Bay to the Mexican border, thanks to the work of Kenneth Adelman and his wife, who are interested in preserving the natural coastline from development.

Color Landform Atlas of the World, California

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/ca_0.html

Includes shaded relief map, satellite images, county map, northern & southern California

Geospatial Resources -- Humboldt State University

http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/geospatial/calmaps.htm#topographic

Broad collection of links to California maps of all kinds

Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection -- Univ. of Texas

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/california.html

State and City maps, Historic maps, good collection

POPULATION, POLITICS, ECONOMICS, CULTURE OF CALIFORNIA

Directory of California Propositions for Nov. 2, 2004. League of Women Voters website

http://www.smartvoter.org/2004/11/02/ca/state/prop/

U.S. Census Bureau, California -- Quick Facts, statistics on population, businesses, etc. by state and county

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html

California Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency -- Information on California's economy, business, etc.

http://commerce.ca.gov/state/ttca/ttca_homepage.jsp

California Geographical Alliance -- Helpful Geographical Resources for Teachers

http://www.humboldt.edu/~cga/

Counting California -- UC Berkeley Data Page

http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/

Source of data on a range of topics, from population and demographics to agriculture to education to politics, etc. Much of the data is at least a few years old, but can show patterns of growth and change.

California Latino Demographic Databook

http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/new_web/ldb/ldbintro.html

California Initiatives, November 5, 2002 and prior years

http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_j.htm

http://www.calvoter.org/iwatch/

Last updated Aug. 25, 2004