For other uses, see Central California (disambiguation).
Region of California in the United States
Central California
Region of California
San Joaquin Valley, California
Map of counties that overlap Central California
Country
United States
State
California
Region
Central California
Highest elevation
14,505 ft (4,421 m)
Lowest elevation
−13 ft (−4 m)
Time zone
Pacific Standard Time
• Summer (DST)
Pacific Daylight Time
Area code(s)
209, 559, 661, 805, 831
Central California is generally thought of as the middle third of the U.S. state of California, north of Southern California (which includes Los Angeles and San Diego) and south of Northern California (which includes San Francisco and San Jose). It includes the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley (which itself is the southern portion of the Central Valley, beginning at the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta), part of the Central Coast, the central hills of the California Coast Ranges and the foothills and mountain areas of the central Sierra Nevada.
Central California is considered to be west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada. East of the Sierra is Eastern California. The largest cities in the region (over 50,000 population), from most to least populous, are Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Salinas, Visalia, Clovis, Santa Maria, Merced, Turlock, Madera, Lodi, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford and Delano. Over time, droughts and wildfires have increased in frequency and become less seasonal and more year-round, further straining the region's water security.[1][2][3]
^"Drought.gov". Retrieved November 20, 2021.[title missing]
^Boxall, Bettina; St. John, Paige (November 10, 2018). "California's most destructive wildfire should not have come as a surprise". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^"Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation". National Integrated Drought Information System. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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