Jacalitos Hills

Jacalitos Hills is located in California
Jacalitos Hills
Jacalitos Hills
Location of Jacalitos Hills in California[1]
CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaDistrictFresno CountyRange coordinates36°5′29.847″N 120°23′57.545″W / 36.09162417°N 120.39931806°W / 36.09162417; -120.39931806Topo mapUSGS Curry MountainBiomeCalifornia interior chaparral and woodlandsGeologyType of rockCalifornia Coast Ranges

The Jacalitos Hills are a low mountain range in western Fresno County, central California.[1]

They are in the Southern Inner California Coast Ranges. Habitats of the hills are in the California interior chaparral and woodlands sub-ecoregion.

Jacalitos is derived from a Spanish word meaning "little wigwams".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jacalitos Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ Schrader, Frank Charles (1909). Mineral Deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 22.
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