Jacalitos Hills

Jacalitos Hills
Location of Jacalitos Hills in California [1]
Highest point
Elevation 576 m (1,890 ft)
Geography
Country United States
State California
District Fresno County
Range coordinates 36°5′29.847″N 120°23′57.545″W / 36.09162417°N 120.39931806°W / 36.09162417; -120.39931806Coordinates: 36°5′29.847″N 120°23′57.545″W / 36.09162417°N 120.39931806°W / 36.09162417; -120.39931806
Topo map USGS Curry Mountain
Biome California interior chaparral and woodlands
Geology
Type of rock California 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. 1 2 "Jacalitos Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 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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