Foothills of the San Gabriel Valley
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- For Hills and Foothills throughout California see: Category: Hills of California
The Foothills of California, or the Foothills and Hills of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California, are limited in this article to the Southern California foothills and hills in the San Gabriel Valley area that are part of the Transverse Ranges in Los Angeles County, California. They are the San Gabriel Mountains foothills and independent low mountain ranges of hills in the regional eastern Greater Los Angeles area.
[edit] Hills and Foothills
- The Foothills and Hills in the San Gabriel Valley region include:
- San Gabriel Mountains foothills
- Chino Hills
- Puente Hills
- San Jose Hills
- San Rafael Hills
- South Hills (California)
- Verdugo Mountains
- Whittier Hills
The ranges are roughly parallel the San Andreas fault to the north over the San Gabriel Mountains ridge line. They are generally along the Interstate 210 freeway, giving it the name "Foothill Freeway".
[edit] Natural environment
The foothills provide greenbelts and contain Open Space Preserves and Regional parks. The hills are part of Southern California’s Mediterranean climate California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion with the montane chaparral and woodlands and s habitats. Their chaparral, grassland, and oak woodland plant communities evolved with wildfires, with some species of their native plants dependent on natural fires to regenerate and thrive.
[edit] See also
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