. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ined by the Sacramento andSan Joaquin Rivers. This flat plain has been built upby sediment brought from the neighbouring mountainsby rivers. The climate resembles that of the countries borderingthe Mediterranean Sea, for the summers are dry andmost rain falls in winter, but the coastal lands are muchcooler in summer than the Californian valley, wheregreat heat is experienced. The rainfall is also less inthe sheltered plains, and in the drier areas it is necessaryfor irrigation to be practised. Mediterranean fruits(vines
. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ined by the Sacramento andSan Joaquin Rivers. This flat plain has been built upby sediment brought from the neighbouring mountainsby rivers. The climate resembles that of the countries borderingthe Mediterranean Sea, for the summers are dry andmost rain falls in winter, but the coastal lands are muchcooler in summer than the Californian valley, wheregreat heat is experienced. The rainfall is also less inthe sheltered plains, and in the drier areas it is necessaryfor irrigation to be practised. Mediterranean fruits(vines, oranges, lemons, figs, etc.) have been introducedwith great success, and fruit growing, drying, packing andcanning are important occupations. Large quantitiesof wheat are also grown. 4o8 NORTH AMERICA Salt Francisco, the largest city on the western coastof the Americas, has a magnificent situation, as Fig. noshows. From the mouth of the Columbia to San Diego,near the Mexican frontier, there is no other good harbour,so that the port has no immediate rivals. The produce. HG. no.—ban Francisco and its enmons. of the Californian valley finds an outlet through SanFrancisco, and has given the city many allied industries,such as flour milling, brewing, woollen manuf^icturing,etc. The building of steel ships, both war and merchant,is also a very important industry. A disadvantage fromwhich San I>ancisco suffers is the lack of coal, but,against this, California is the greatest oil-producing state 1111-: UMTKD STATKS 409 ill the counti). Railways from the east converc^e iii)onthe city, whilst its ships sail to all parts of westernAmerica, eastern Asia and Australasia. The makingof the Panama Canal has made the port more importantthan ever. (See p. 418.) Los Afii^clcs, the second city in California, has grownvery rapidly owing to the valuable deposits of oil whichhave been discovered there, but it is also the centre ofa district noted for fruit and wheat. Sacramento, thestate capit
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