Toro Peak, the Glossary
Toro Peak, in Southern California, is the highest mountain in the Santa Rosa Mountain Range.[1]
Table of Contents
32 relations: Abies concolor, California, Calocedrus, Hot Springs Mountain, Imperial Valley, Inland Empire, Köppen climate classification, Life zone, Los Angeles, MCI Inc., Mediterranean climate, Mount Charleston, Palm Springs, California, Palomar Mountain, Pinus flexilis, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, Riverside County, California, Salton Sea, San Bernardino National Forest, San Gorgonio Mountain, San Jacinto Peak, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, Santa Rosa Mountains (California), Sky island, Southern California, Temecula, California, United States, United States Geological Survey, Verizon.
- Santa Rosa Mountains (California)
Abies concolor
Abies concolor, the white fir, concolor fir, or Colorado fir, is a coniferous tree in the pine family Pinaceae.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Calocedrus
Calocedrus, the incense cedar (alternatively spelled incense-cedar), is a genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae first described as a genus in 1873.
Hot Springs Mountain
Hot Springs Mountain is a peak located in the Peninsular Ranges in California. Toro Peak and Hot Springs Mountain are mountains of Southern California.
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Imperial Valley
The Imperial Valley (Valle de Imperial or Valle Imperial) of Southern California lies in Imperial and Riverside counties, with an urban area centered on the city of El Centro.
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Inland Empire
The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the west and San Diego County to the south.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Life zone
The life zone concept was developed by C. Hart Merriam in 1889 as a means of describing areas with similar plant and animal communities.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
MCI Inc.
MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom and MCI WorldCom) was a telecommunications company.
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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Mount Charleston
Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at, is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States.
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Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Séc-he) is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley.
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Palomar Mountain
Palomar Mountain (Monte Palomar) is a mountain ridge in the Peninsular Ranges in northern San Diego County. Toro Peak and Palomar Mountain are mountains of Southern California.
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Pinus flexilis
Pinus flexilis, the limber pine, is a species of pine tree-the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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Pinus jeffreyi
Pinus jeffreyi, also known as Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, yellow pine and black pine, is a North American pine tree.
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Pinus lambertiana
Pinus lambertiana (commonly known as the sugar pine or sugar cone pine) is the tallest and most massive pine tree, and has the longest cones of any conifer.
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Pinus ponderosa
Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America.
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Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California.
San Bernardino National Forest
The San Bernardino National Forest is a United States National Forest in Southern California encompassing of which are federal.
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San Gorgonio Mountain
San Gorgonio Mountain, also known locally as Mount San Gorgonio, or Old Greyback, is the highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges at. Toro Peak and San Gorgonio Mountain are mountains of Southern California.
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San Jacinto Peak
San Jacinto Peak (often designated Mount San Jacinto) is a peak in the San Jacinto Mountains, in Riverside County, California. Toro Peak and San Jacinto Peak are mountains of Southern California.
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Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument is a National Monument in southern California. Toro Peak and Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument are Santa Rosa Mountains (California).
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Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Cahuilla Indians, located in Riverside County, California.
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Santa Rosa Mountains (California)
The Santa Rosa Mountains are a short mountain range in the Peninsular Ranges system, located east of the Los Angeles Basin and northeast of the San Diego metropolitan area of southern California, in the southwestern United States.
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Sky island
Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments.
Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Temecula, California
Temecula (Temécula,; Luiseño: Temeekunga) is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc., is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City.
See also
Santa Rosa Mountains (California)
- Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
- California's 71st State Assembly district
- Calochortus concolor
- Coyote Mountain (California)
- Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
- Pinyon Pines, California
- Rabbit Peak
- San Luis Rey River
- Santa Rosa Mountains (California)
- Santa Rosa Wilderness
- Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
- Toro Peak
- Yaqui Pass, California