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Excerpt from Crystalline Rocks of Southwestern California Location and Topography. The area described in this report is in southern California and includes a part of the group of mountains known as the Peninsular Ranges. It lies southeast of Los Angeles and north of San Diego. The area is about 70 miles from north to south and somewhat less from east to west. It includes parts of Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. The two quadrangles east of the area mapped in detail have been covered in reconnaissance. Much of the area is mountainous or hilly. Santiago Peak (elevation 5480 feet) is only 20 miles from the ocean, and in a distance of less than 10 miles, on its southeastern slopes, it reaches an elevation of about 5000 feet. East of the area the mountains rise much higher. San Jacinto Peak has an elevation of feet. The largest area of flat land is near the coast in the northwestern part of the area. Around the city of Santa Ana. Smaller areas of terraces are present to the south, but in many parts of the area the hills extend nearly or quite to the ocean. Another large area of flat land lies around Riverside in the northern part of, and to the north of, the area. Many smaller valleys lie in the mountain area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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