- Sonoma Mountains
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name = Sonoma Mountains
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image_caption = Sonoma Mountain
country = United States
state = California
region = Sonoma County
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range =California Coast Ranges
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highest = Sonoma Mountain
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highest_elevation_imperial = 2287
highest_lat_d = 38 | highest_lat_m = 19 | highest_lat_s = 23 | highest_lat_NS = N
highest_long_d = 122 | highest_long_m = 34 | highest_long_s = 30 | highest_long_EW = W
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length_imperial = 14 | length_orientation = northwest-southeast
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footnotes =The Sonoma Mountains [gnis|234887|Sonoma Mountains] are a northwest-southeast trending formation of
California Coast Ranges inSonoma County, California , USA. ["Santa Rosa Quadrangle", Fifteen minute series,USGS Quadrangle Map, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC (1958)] The range is approximately fourteen miles (22.5 km) long and separates theSonoma Creek watershed from thePetaluma River andTolay Creek watersheds. The highest point of this range isSonoma Mountain , elevation convert|2287|ft|m|0|lk=on|abbr=on [gnis|234886|Sonoma Mountain] .Jack London State Historic Park ,Crane Creek Regional Park , and theFairfield Osborn Preserve are all on Sonoma Mountain. A number ofthreatened andendangered species are found in the Sonoma Mountains including theFragrant Fritillary , "Fritillaria liliacea".Hydrology
Many creeks rise in the Sonoma Mountains. From the northwestern slopes,
Copeland Creek andHinebaugh Creek flow to theLaguna de Santa Rosa , eventually entering thePacific Ocean just south ofJenner, California .Matanzas Creek and Spring Creek flow north intoSanta Rosa Creek , another tributary of the Laguna.Tributaries of
Sonoma Creek rise on the eastern exposures of the Sonoma Mountains:Yulupa Creek ,Carriger Creek ,Graham Creek , Felder Creek, and Rogers Creek. These eventually enterSan Pablo Bay south ofSonoma, California .The southwestern slopes drain to
San Pablo Bay by other routes: eitherTolay Creek or else some tributary of thePetaluma River such asLichau Creek , Lynch Creek, orAdobe Creek .References
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Pomo people
*Taylor Mountain
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