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<br />BuJJetin 160-98 Public Review Draft <br /> <br />0003~9 <br /> <br />Chapter 1. Introduction <br /> <br />The accompanying sidebar shows historic water deliveries to California's largest <br />agricultural and urban water users, To put California's population into perspective, about one of <br />every eight residents of the U. S, now lives in California, In the time period covered in this <br />Bulletin (the 25 years from 1995 to 2020), California's population is forecasted to increase by <br />more than 15 million people, an amount equivalent to adding the present populations of Arizona, <br />Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah to California, Today, four of the nation's <br />15 largest cities (Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco) are located in California. <br />California's population and abundant natural resources have helped create the State's <br />trillion-dollar economy, which, according to the Trade and Commerce Agency, ranks seventh <br />among world economic powers. The State's water resources have helped California be the <br />nation's top agricultural state for 50 consecutive years, California is the nation's leading <br />agricultural export state (and the sixth largest exporter In the world), the nation's number one <br />dairy state, and the producer of 55 percent of the nation's fruits, nuts, and vegetables. California <br />is the primary U.S. producer (producing more than 99 percent) of crops such as almonds, <br />artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, pistachios, arid walnuts, Of the top 15 agricultural <br />counties in the U.S., ten are in California, <br />Figure 1-2 is a relief map of California illustrating the State's major geomorphic <br />provinces. In roughly north to south order, our major geomorphic features are: the Klamath <br />Mountains, Cascade Range, Modoc Plateau, Central Valley, Sierra Nevada, Coast Range, Great <br />Basin, Transverse Ranges, Mojave Desert, Peninsular Ranges, and Colorado Desert. <br /> <br />1-5 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br />