| Sacramento Valley | |
|---|---|
| Valle de Sacramento (Spanish)[1] | |
 Sacramento | |
 The Central Valley of California | |
| Geography | |
| Location | California, United States |
| Population centers | Redding, Chico, Yuba City, Sacramento |
| Borders on | Sierra Nevada (east), Cascade Range, Klamath Mountains (north), Coast Range (west), Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (south) |
| Coordinates | 39°00′N 121°30′W / 39°N 121.5°W |
| Rivers | Sacramento River |
The Sacramento Valley (Spanish: Valle de Sacramento)[2][3] is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River. It encompasses all or parts of ten Northern California counties. Although many areas of the Sacramento Valley are rural, it contains several urban areas, including the state capital, Sacramento.
Comparatively water-rich relative to the other segment of the Central Valley to the south, the San Joaquin Valley, there are slight differences in the crops are typically grown in the Sacramento Valley. Much wetter winters (averaging between 25–60 inches (640–1,520 mm) of annual precipitation in the nearby foothills) and an extensive system of irrigation canals allows for the economic viability of water-thirsty crops such as rice and Juglans hindsii-rootstock walnuts. Since 2010, statewide droughts in California (combined with unprecedented summer heat) have strained both the Sacramento Valley's and the Sacramento metropolitan region's water security.[4]
- ^ Diaz, Manuel (1840). Diseño del Valle de Sacramento (Map).
- ^ California Energy Commission - Reporte de la región del Valle de Sacramento
- ^ Univision Sacramento - Regresan la lluvia y nevadas al Valle de Sacramento: esto se espera para el fin de semana
- ^ McGough, Michael (April 29, 2022). "Southern California gets drastic water cutbacks amid drought. What's next for Sacramento?". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved May 1, 2022.