CENTRAL VALLEY REGION

THE LIVING PARTS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY

• Grass, fruits, vegetables, grassland flowers like the Poppy
• Elk, mule deer, Ground squirrels, Kit Fox
• Wild Pig, Brush Rabbits, Pocket Mice, Kangaroo Rats
• Domesticated farm animals like cows, sheep, chickens
• Horses

THE NONLIVING PARTS

• Soil, water and air

EXAMPLES ON INTERACTION

• Fox eats a rabbit.
• Sun helps the plants grow.
• Water flows down streams to the farmland

CLIMATE

• Hot and dry during the summer. 100 to 115 degrees
• Cool and damp during the winter.
• Tule fog is a thick ground fog.
• It forms along the length of the valley during the late fall.

EFFECTS ON HUMAN LIFE

• Sun gives plants nutrients.
• Herbivores eat the plants.
• Meat eaters eat herbivores.
• People eat the plants and meat eaters.
• Farmers grow chicken, pork, beef and milk.

CONCLUSION

• The Central Valley is the greatest region that helps humans survive.
• Its is a large, flat valley.
• It is home to CA's most productive agricultural areas.