8. โขNative American people used
obsedian for tools. The obsedian
flakes are evidence of Native
Americans lived in these areas
and toolmaking.
Obsidian
Flakes
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Stephanie Ramos
12. โขMt. Whitney has an elevation
of 14,494 ft.
โขIt is the tallest mountain in
the United States
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13. โขThe orographic effect is the percipitation
caused by lifting moist air (air mass) over a
mountain barrier. It causes the U-Shape on the
Sierra Nevadas
โขLocation: Sierra Nevadas Mountains
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Orographic
Effect
16. Diaz
Lake
โขIn 1872, a massive earthquake struck California . On
thois location, two pieces of land causing one of
them to drop down. There was a small spring under
them and became bigger after the plates broke down.
Creating Diaz Lake
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โขLone Pine fault was created by the
earthquake in 1872.
โขIt is estimated that similar earthquakes
occur on Lone Pine fault every 3,000-4,000
years
Lone Pine
Fault
18. โขManzanar War Relocation Center
incarcerated more that 100,000
Japanese Americans. Japanese
Americans were held during WWII.
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Stephanie Ramos
19. โขThe photograph above shows
the entrance of the
administration as well as the
foundation of some the homes
that the Japanese were living
in.
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Stephanie Ramos
โขThe picture below is one of
many names that the
Japanese prisioners carved
in the stone.
20. โขThe bark beetle is a bug that feeds off the bark
of trees. It has destroyed many trees that the
trees had to be cut down.
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31. Eastern
California
Museum
โขMy favorite part of the
museum was the objects
and history of Manzanar.
It is such a vital part of
our Californian history
that many do not know
about.
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Stephanie Ramos
33. Cucamonga
alluvial Fan
โขIt was created by the streams, rivers,
lakes that run through the mountains
carrying debris, shrubs and small
rocks (alluvium). Stephanie Ramos