Sonoma County is a True Geographic and Topographic Delight
Author: Kadence Buchanan

If the age-old saying is correct about variety being the spice
of life then Sonoma County of Northern California is, in fact,
"sugar and spice and everything nice." In other words, Sonoma
County is a true delight in every sense of the word. Within its
total area of roughly 1,800 square miles, eleven percent of
which is covered by water, it is well endowed with extensive
variety of nature's gifts. Sonoma County has dry land formation
such as mountain ranges and flat lands; a wide assortment of
bodies of water that include rivers, streams, creeks, lakes,
marshlands, bays and an ocean; a generous selection of wooded
lands that consist of an oak woodland, a redwood forest,
northern coastal scrub, grasslands, an oak savanna, a riparian
woodland and vineyards. It has lots and lots of vineyards.

Sonoma County, the land of nature's delights, can be found in
northern California which also happens to be northwestern part
of the United States and it is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean
on its west with 76 miles of coastline beaches and hydrographic
formations such as Bodega Bay as well as the mouths of the
Russian and the Gualala Rivers, and with Marin County on its
south, Mendocino County on its north, Napa County on its east,
Lake County on its northeast, Solano and Contra Costa Counties
on its southeast.

Now that we have had a chance to glance at Sonoma County as a
complete package or, better yet, as a broad picture, let us
focus in on some of the details:

Dry Land ...

1. The Mayacamas Mountains are part of the California Coast
Ranges and their highest peak is Cobb Mountain at 4,724 feet
above sea level. The Mayacamas Mountains also include Mount
Saint Helena and Hood Mountain.

2. The Sonoma Mountain provides a spectacular view of the
Pacific Ocean on the West and the entire Sonoma Valley on the
east from its moderate height of 2,287 feet above sea level.
Sonoma Mountain's most southern crest is well known as Sear
Point and projects into the San Pablo Bay.

3. Sonoma Valley is also known as the Valley of the Moon and it
is the flat basin of Sonoma County and the place of birth of
California's viticulture.

Wooded Lands ...

1. Oak woodland is a portion of land in Sonoma County that is
overgrown with oak trees that form only limited shading which
then promote undergrowth of shrubs, herbs and grasses.

2. Redwood forest is populated by redwoods which are also known
as Sequoias. Reaching heights of up to 380 feet, these giants
are known as the world's tallest trees and at up to 26 feet in
diameter, they are not skinny either.

Bodies of Water ...

1. The Russian River runs southward from Lake Mendocino and is
Sonoma County's largest river. The Russian River's largest
offshoot is Laguna de Santa Rosa and is purported to be the home
of the most abundant and varied wildlife in Sonoma County. The
largest tributary of Laguna de Santa Rosa is Santa Rosa Creek
which, in turn, has Brush, Mark West, Mantanzas, Spring and
Piner Creeks as its key tributaries.

2. Sonoma County's additional bodies of water are the Petaluma
River; San Antonio, Americano and Sonoma Creeks; San Pablo and
San Francisco Bays; Sonoma, Tolay Ilsanjo, Ralphine and
Fountaingrove Lakes; and last but certainly not least, the
Pacific Ocean.

As I have said in my opening statement, Sonoma County is a true
geographic and topographic delight.


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