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Jacalitos Hills
Jacalitos Hills is located in California
Jacalitos Hills
Jacalitos Hills
Location of Jacalitos Hills in California [1]
Highest point
Elevation576 m (1,890 ft)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictFresno County
Topo mapUSGS Curry Mountain
BiomeCalifornia interior chaparral and woodlands
Geology
Rock typeCalifornia 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

  1. ^ a b "Jacalitos Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ 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.