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| | California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In the middle of the state lies the California Central Valley, a huge, fertile valley bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the granite Sierra Nevada to the east, the volcanic Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south. |
| | In the center and east of the state are the Sierra Nevada (meaning Snowy Range in Spanish), which include the highest peak in the contiguous 48 states, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4421 m). |
| | Spanish and German ancestries are dominant in the eastern Sierra Nevada, the far north, and the North Coast. |
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