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| | California at AllExperts |
 | | 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. |
 | | California was poorly settled until modern public health eliminated the endemic outbreaks of yellow fever, malaria and plague, caused from the area's lack of frosts, which kills mosquitoes and fleas. |
 | | California is politically conservative inland of the coastal counties, notably the Central Valley, the Inland Empire, and most inland, eastern, and rural areas (although Orange and San Diego counties, are coastal urban areas noted for their conservatism). |
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