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{{Short description|Coastal region of California, United States}} |
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{{For|the California wine region|South Coast AVA}} |
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|name = South Coast |
|name = South Coast |
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|settlement_type = [[List of regions of California|Region of California]] |
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|map_caption=The South Coast: San Diego to Oxnard, and east to Riverside-San Bernardino |
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|population = 16.1 million in <nowiki>1990</nowiki><ref name=CERES/> |
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The '''South Coast''' is a term used in the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] region of the [[United States]] to refer to both the south [[Pacific Coast]] of [[California]] and the adjacent resort and residential communities. |
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The '''South Coast''' is a [[List of regions of California|region]] of [[California]], making up roughly the southernmost third of the [[Coastal California|Californian coast]]. |
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| ⚫ | A [[Southern California]] coastal [[bioregion]] is defined by [[California Environmental Resources Evaluation System]] (CERES) as including parts of six counties: the western section of [[Ventura County, California|Ventura]], all of [[Orange County, California|Orange]], the majority of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]], the southwestern corner of [[San Bernardino County|San Bernardino]], the western area of [[Riverside County|Riverside]], and the majority of western [[San Diego County, California|San Diego]]. CERES calls this the South Coast Bioregion.<ref name=CERES>{{cite web |url=http://ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/bioregions/South_Coast/about.html |title=The South Coast Bioregion – An Overview |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=California Natural Resources Agency |publisher=State of California |access-date=27 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324233233/http://ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/bioregions/South_Coast/about.html |archive-date=24 March 2015}}</ref> |
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However, some sources include the coastal half of Ventura, western part of Riverside, and southwestern part of San Bernardino Counties because of their proximity to the Pacific Coast and because they are in the same bio-region and watershed.<ref>http://www.phrelin.com/3Cals/Rationale.htm</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2015}} |
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During the [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition era]] the waters of the South Coast were a popular smuggling route in for [[Alcoholic beverage|alcohol]].<ref name="NYT9DEC2012">{{cite news |title=Land Routes Blocked, Smuggling Rises Sharply on California Coast |author=Ian Lovett |url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/us/smuggling-is-on-the-rise-off-southern-california-coast.xml |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=9 December 2012 |accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> Largely forgotten in the later parts of the 20th Century, with increased security at the [[Mexico–United States border]] smuggling has increased;<ref name="NYT9DEC2012" /> during the 2011 fiscal year, more than 200 smuggling vessels were observed.<ref name="NYT9DEC2012" /> Most of the vessels attempt to off load their cargo of [[War on Drugs|drugs]] and/or [[Illegal immigration to the United States|illegal immigrants]] in San Diego County;<ref>{{cite news |last=Jennewein |first=Chris |date=28 August 2014 |title=Panga Boat Carrying 20 Caught off Oceanside |url=http://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2014/08/28/panga-boat-carrying-20-caught-oceanside/ |newspaper=Times of San diego |accessdate=26 September 2014 }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Garske |first=Monica |date=26 September 2014 |title=Several Arrested After Panga Boat Washes Ashore |url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Panga-Boat-Mission-Beach-Border-Patrol-Arrests-277207871.html |newspaper=KNSD |accessdate=26 September 2014 }}</ref> however, destinations are as far north as the [[California Central Coast]].<ref name="NYT9DEC2012" /> Often, vessels used for smuggling operations are abandoned upon making landfall.<ref>{{cite news |title=For Boat Captain, Rescuing Maritime Smugglers Is Part Of The Job |author=Jill Replogle |url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/dec/20/boat-captain-rescuing-maritime-smugglers-part-job/ |newspaper=KPBS |date=20 December 2012 |accessdate=28 December 2012}}<br/>{{cite news |last=Winkley |first=Lyndsay |date=25 August 2014 |title=7 who fled from washed up panga located |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/25/panga-boat-mission-beach-border-patrol/ |newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune |publisher=MLIM Company |accessdate=25 August 2014 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Central Coast (California)]] |
* [[Central Coast (California)]] |
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* [[North Coast (California)]] |
* [[North Coast (California)]] |
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* [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] |
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* [[South Coast Air Basin]] |
* [[South Coast Air Basin]] |
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* [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|Southland]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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[[Category:Regions of California]] |
[[Category:Regions of California]] |
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[[Category:South Coast of the United States]] |
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[[Category:Geography of Los Angeles County, California]] |
[[Category:Geography of Los Angeles County, California]] |
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[[Category:Geography of Orange County, California]] |
[[Category:Geography of Orange County, California]] |
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[[Category:Geography of Southern California]] |
[[Category:Geography of Southern California]] |
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[[Category:Greater Los Angeles |
[[Category:Greater Los Angeles]] |
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[[Category:Southern California]] |
[[Category:Southern California]] |
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[[Category:West Coast of the United States]] |
[[Category:West Coast of the United States]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 7 December 2024
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Population | 16.1 million in 1990[1] |
The South Coast is a region of California, making up roughly the southernmost third of the Californian coast.
A Southern California coastal bioregion is defined by California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) as including parts of six counties: the western section of Ventura, all of Orange, the majority of Los Angeles, the southwestern corner of San Bernardino, the western area of Riverside, and the majority of western San Diego. CERES calls this the South Coast Bioregion.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "The South Coast Bioregion – An Overview". California Natural Resources Agency. State of California. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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