Jacalitos Hills
Appearance
Jacalitos Hills | |
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Location of Jacalitos Hills in California [1] | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 576 m (1,890 ft) |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
District | Fresno County |
Topo map | USGS Curry Mountain |
Biome | California interior chaparral and woodlands |
Geology | |
Rock type | California Coast Ranges |
The Jacalitos Hills are a low mountain range in western Fresno County, central California.[1]
They are in the Southern Inner California Coast Ranges. Habitats of the hills are in the California interior chaparral and woodlands sub-ecoregion.
Jacalitos is derived from a Spanish word meaning "little wigwams".[2]
References
- ^ a b "Jacalitos Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Schrader, Frank Charles (1909). Mineral Deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 22.