Los Angeles Basin
Hollywood's geographic home
The Los Angeles Basin is a coastal plain in Southern California, bounded by the San Gabriel and Santa Ana Mountains to the north and east, the Pacific Ocean to the south and west.
The basin encompasses Los Angeles and surrounding cities—a sprawling metropolitan area home to over ten million people.
Its geography traps air pollution, contributing to the region's notorious smog.
- metropolitan areaCity plus linked suburbs
- tectonic plateRigid crustal segment that drifts
- San AndreasCalifornia fault zone
- ethnic diversityVaried cultural backgrounds present
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
Hollywood · coastal plain · Pacific Coast · freeway system · rush hour traffic · car culture · museums · street art · fault line · festivals · culinary traditions · air quality · smog alert · music scene · watershed · wildfire management · aquifer · seismic activity
Los Angeles BasinSierra Nevada
Western U.S. mountain range
mountain range · plateau · mountain peak · highlands · Rocky Mountains
Los Angeles BasinDeath Valley
Below-sea-level California desert
Mojave Desert · wilderness area · backcountry · national forest · undeveloped land
Los Angeles BasinPacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
San Francisco Bay Area · Alaska · Great Lakes region · mountain air
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