Portal:California Central Valley/Intro
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Reaching east-west from the Coast Range to the Sierra Nevada and north-south from the Tehachapis to the Cascades, the Great Central Valley is a large, primarily agricultural region of the state.
Two major highways (I-5 and SR 99) cut through it from north to south, as does the California Aqueduct.
The Valley has seen waves of immigration, from Indian tribes to Spanish explorers and rancheros, farmers from the Eastern US, Portuguese ranchers from the Azores, Dust Bowl refugees, Mexican laborers, Southeast Asians (Including Hmong, Mien and Vietnamese) to a burgeoning Sikh community, and many others.
