Chino Hills
Chino Hills | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
Geography | |
Location of the Chino Hills in California[1] | |
Country | United States of America |
State | California |
District | USGS Prado Dam |
The Chino Hills are a mountain range on the border of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties, California, with a small portion in Riverside County. The Chino Hills State Park preserves open space and habitat in them.[2]
Geography
The Chino Hills are separated from the
Carbon Canyon Road (State Route 142).[3]
Flora
The Chino Hills are in the
California native plants here are in the chaparral and oak woodland plant communities, with remnant stands of native grasses of California
.
Chino Hills earthquake
On July 29, 2008, a
Wal-Mart, reported damage to merchandise which was knocked to the floor and South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa
suffered damage to a portion of the ceiling which was knocked to the chair of a restaurant.
There were reports of minor injuries but no fatalities.[5]
Fauna
The famed cliff swallows of Mission San Juan Capistrano are now nesting in Chino Hills. Thousands of the small birds, up from 'wintering' in Argentina, have built their mud nests in the eaves of the Vellano Country Club, a community situated around a golf course in the hills.[6]
Adjacent ranges
- Puente Hills
- San Rafael Hills
- San Joaquin Hills
- Santa Ana Mountains
- San Gabriel Mountains
- San Bernardino Mountains
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chino Hills (landform).
See also
References
- ^ "Chino Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ McClung, Valerie. "Chino Hill California". City web Master. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ a b Santa Ana, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ^ San Bernardino, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ^ "Minor damage from 5.4 quake shows California has learned its lessons", Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2008
- ^ http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/06/06/famed-swallows-capistrano-nest-country-club/ Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine -access date: 6/6/2010