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Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore
Abbotts Lagoon is a two-stage lagoon on the northwestern coast of the Point Reyes National Seashore, 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of Tomales Point, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west-northwest of Inverness, California.
Arroyo de Los Frijoles, Bean Hollow State Park
Arroyo de Los Frijoles and Pebble Beach are in Bean Hollow State Park, located 17.5 miles (28.2 km) south of Half Moon Bay and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Pescadero, California.
Pomo Bluffs, Noyo Bay
Pomo Bluffs is a park on the ocean bluffs at Todd’s Point overlooking Noyo Bay about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Fort Bragg in the community of Noyo, California.
Kibesillah, Mendocino Coast
Kibesillah is the site of a historical lumber-loading chute and for a short time was one of the most important communities on the Mendocino Coast, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Fort Bragg and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south of Westport, California.
Cottoneva Creek, Rockport Bay
Cottoneva Creek originates at an elevation of approximately 1,300 feet (400 m) in the Coast Range and flows generally south-southwest for 7 miles (11 km) to Rockport Bay, about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Leggett and 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Westport, California.
Border Field State Park, Playas de Tijuana
Border Field State Park is part of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, adjacent to the urban neighborhood of Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, located about 12 miles (19 km) south of San Diego, it lies within the city limits of Imperial Beach, California.
Gualala, Gualala River
The Gualala River flows into the Pacific Ocean at the community of Gualala, approximately 92 miles (148 km) northwest of San Francisco and 40 miles (64 km) south-southeast of Mendocino, California.
Garcia River, Manchester Beach
The Garcia River flows generally northwest for 44 miles (71 km) to Manchester Beach, north of Point Arena Lighthouse and at Manchester State Park, about 34 miles (55 km) south of Fort Bragg and 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the community of Point Arena, California.
Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz Harbor
Walton Lighthouse is situated on the west jetty at the entrance to the Santa Cruz harbor adjacent to Seabright State Beach, about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Monterey and in the city of Santa Cruz, California.
Tuluwat Island, Humboldt Bay
Tuluwat Island, also known as Gunther Island or Indian Island, is the largest of three islands in Humboldt Bay, along with Woodley and Dalby Islands, approximately 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south-southwest of Arcata and within the city limits of Eureka, California.
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This ‘warming stripe’ graphic is a visual representation of the change in global temperature from 1850 (top) to 2019 (bottom). Each stripe represents the average global temperature for one year. The average temperature from 1971-2000 is set as the boundary between blue and red. The colour scale goes from -0.7°C to +0.7°C. The data are from the UK Met Office HadCRUT4.6 dataset.
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