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LA COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC FACTS

 

Population: 10,331,939 as of January 2007

 

Climate: Mediterranean

 

Area: 4,084 square  miles

 

Mountains: 1,875 square miles

 

Flat Land: 1,741 square miles

 

Hilly Land: 246 square miles

 

Islands: 129 square miles

 

Mountain Valleys: 59 square miles

 

Marsh Land: 28 square miles

 

Lowest Point: 9 feet below sea level at  Wilmington

 

Highest Point: 10,080 feet above sea level atop Mt. San Antonio

 

Source: Los Angeles County Website

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

UPCOMING FREE PUBLIC LECTURE

 

Rivers, Streams, and Waterfalls of Yosemite

By Dr. John Keyantash

Associate Professor of Geography, CSU Dominguez Hills

 

Join us as Dr. John Keyantash shares his knowledge of the Yosemite backcountry in a presentation titled: "Rivers, Streams, and Waterfalls of Yosemite.”  The presentation will feature photos related to the area’s hydrography, including the physical geographic setting and scenery, hydrological measuresments being conducted, and GIS maps of selected drainage basins.

 

September 10, 2010, 8:00 PM

Los Angeles City College

Science-Technology Building

855 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles CA

 

For directions to lecture location, CLICK HERE

 

2010-2011 Lecture Schedule

 

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

 

On May 7, Scholarships were awarded to the following outstanding geography students:

 

Community College:

Daniel Pearlman - El Camino College

Natalie Gorodnitski - Santa Monica College

 

Upper Division:

Flavio Mercado - CSU Long Beach

Tiffany Seely - CSU Fullerton

CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

Los Angeles Geographical Society

855 N. Vermont Avenue Box # 1259

Los Angeles, CA 90029

 

E-mail: lageographicalsociety@yahoo.com

 

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