San Bernardino Mountains
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San Gorgonio Mountain - North Side
Schematic representation of the situation in Southern California
The San Bernardino Mountains ( Huwaaly Kwasakyav in the language of Mohave ) is a short, belonging to the Transverse Ranges mountain range north and east of San Bernardino in Southern California in the United States. The highest mountain is the San Gorgonio Mountain, which is 3,505 meters, also the highest peak in Southern California.
Geography
Location
The San Bernardino Mountains pulling on a length of around 100 Kilomentern along the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern San Bernardino County. The San Andreas fault forms the southern border of the mountain range and separates it in the west at Cajon Pass of the San Gabriel Mountains and the southeast, the San Gorgonio Pass, by the San Jacinto Mountains. The mountain range is up to 50 kilometers wide.
The shorter Little San Bernardino mountains extend southeast from the mountain range along the east side of the Coachella Valley.
Mountains and peaks
The highest peaks of the San Bernardino Mountains are situated around the San Gorgonio Mountain in the San Gorgonio Wilderness. To the north, the mountain passes slowly into the desert. In the south, where it rises over 3000 meters from the level of the San Bernardino Valley, it falls off rather steeply.
Waters
Several lakes dot the landscape today. Apart from smaller bodies of water such as the Jenks Lake, these include many reservoirs. The largest is the Big Bear Lake with a length of eleven kilometers and an area of 138 square kilometers. The construction of the dam at Lake Arrowhead reservoir was begun in 1904; it was not completed until 1922. He served the irrigation in the San Bernardino Valley. The 1971 jammed Silverwood Lake serves as part of the California State Water Project as the other water supply.
Among the most important, springing in the San Bernardino Mountains rivers include the Santa Ana River and the Mojave River. The Santa Barbara River is the largest river in Southern California and flows some 177 kilometers at Huntington Beach in the Pacific. The Mojave River flows in the opposite direction to the north and ends at Soda Lake, a salt lake in the middle of the desert. To the southeast of the Whitewater River, which reaches at high tide to the endorheic Salton Sea dehydrated.
Use and nature conservation
Within the mountains are several villages - Crestline has over 10,000 inhabitants - famous vacation resorts, Bear Lake serving as Big as a summer and winter sport areas.
The majority of the mountain range lies within the San Bernardino National Forest.