San Bernardino Valley

For the valley in Arizona, see San Bernardino Valley (Arizona).

34°4′N 117°17′W / 34.067°N 117.283°W / 34.067; -117.283

An elevated view of San Bernardino Valley, looking southwest toward the Santa Ana Mountains and South Coast beyond

The San Bernardino Valley (Spanish: Valle de San Bernardino) is a valley in Southern California located at the south base of the Transverse Ranges. It is bordered on the north by the eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernardino Mountains; on the east by the San Jacinto Mountains; on the south by the Temescal Mountains and Santa Ana Mountains; and on the west by the Pomona Valley.[1][2][3] Elevation varies from 590 feet (180 m) on valley floors near Chino to 1,380 feet (420 m) near San Bernardino and Redlands.[4] The valley floor is home to over 80% of the more than 4 million people in the Inland Empire region.[3]

  1. ^ Hall, Clarence A. (2007-10-07). Introduction to the geology of southern California and its native plants. University of California Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-520-24932-5.
  2. ^ Powell, Robert E.; R. J. Weldon; Jonathan C. Matti (1993). The San Andreas fault system. Geological Society of America. pp. vii, 5, 150, 151. ISBN 0-8137-1178-9.
  3. ^ a b Mian, Lal S. (December 2000). "Inland Empire Environmental Quality Paradigm" (PDF). San Bernardino: California State University, San Bernardino, Department of Health Science and Human Ecology. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-16. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Davis, Liam H.; McKernan, Robert L.; Burns, James S. (1998). "History and Status of the California Gnatcatcher in San Bernardino County" (PDF). Western Birds. 29 (4). Organization of Western Field Ornithologists: 361–365. Retrieved 2007-12-17.