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California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation’s second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California’s most populous city, and the country’s second-most populous, after New York. California also has the nation’s most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country’s second-most densely populated major city and the fifth-most densely populated county.

Geography

California is the 3rd largest state in the United States in area, after Alaska and Texas. California is often geographically bisected into two regions, Southern California, comprising the 10 southernmost counties, and Northern California, comprising the 48 northernmost counties. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east and northeast, Arizona to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and it shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south (with which it makes up part of The Californias region of North America, alongside Baja California Sur).

In the middle of the state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the Sierra Nevada in the east, the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Cascade Range to the north and by the Tehachapi Mountains in the south. The Central Valley is California’s productive agricultural heartland.

Divided in two by the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the northern portion, the Sacramento Valley serves as the watershed of the Sacramento River, while the southern portion, the San Joaquin Valley is the watershed for the San Joaquin River. Both valleys derive their names from the rivers that flow through them. With dredging, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin Rivers have remained deep enough for several inland cities to be seaports.

The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is a critical water supply hub for the state. Water is diverted from the delta and through an extensive network of pumps and canals that traverse nearly the length of the state, to the Central Valley and the State Water Projects and other needs. Water from the Delta provides drinking water for nearly 23 million people, almost two-thirds of the state’s population as well as water for farmers on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.

Suisun Bay lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The water is drained by the Carquinez Strait, which flows into San Pablo Bay, a northern extension of San Francisco Bay, which then connects to the Pacific Ocean via the Golden Gate strait.

The Channel Islands are located off the Southern coast, while the Farallon Islands lie west of San Francisco.

The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for “snowy range”) includes the highest peak in the contiguous 48 states, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m). The range embraces Yosemite Valley, famous for its glacially carved domes, and Sequoia National Park, home to the giant sequoia trees, the largest living organisms on Earth, and the deep freshwater lake, Lake Tahoe, the largest lake in the state by volume.

To the east of the Sierra Nevada are Owens Valley and Mono Lake, an essential migratory bird habitat. In the western part of the state is Clear Lake, the largest freshwater lake by area entirely in California. Although Lake Tahoe is larger, it is divided by the California/Nevada border. The Sierra Nevada falls to Arctic temperatures in winter and has several dozen small glaciers, including Palisade Glacier, the southernmost glacier in the United States.

About 45 percent of the state’s total surface area is covered by forests, and California’s diversity of pine species is unmatched by any other state. California contains more forestland than any other state except Alaska. Many of the trees in the California White Mountains are the oldest in the world; an individual bristlecone pine is over 5,000 years old.

In the south is a large inland salt lake, the Salton Sea. The south-central desert is called the Mojave; to the northeast of the Mojave lies Death Valley, which contains the lowest and hottest place in North America, the Badwater Basin at −279 feet (−85 m). The horizontal distance from the bottom of Death Valley to the top of Mount Whitney is less than 90 miles (140 km). Indeed, almost all of southeastern California is arid, hot desert, with routine extreme high temperatures during the summer. The southeastern border of California with Arizona is entirely formed by the Colorado River, from which the southern part of the state gets about half of its water.

A majority of California’s cities are located in either the San Francisco Bay Area or the Sacramento metropolitan area in Northern California; or the Los Angeles area, the Riverside-San Bernardino-Inland Empire, or the San Diego metropolitan area in Southern California. The Los Angeles Area, the Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area are among several major metropolitan areas along the California coast.

As part of the Ring of Fire, California is subject to tsunamis, floods, droughts, Santa Ana winds, wildfires, landslides on steep terrain, and has several volcanoes. It has many earthquakes due to several faults running through the state, in particular, the San Andreas Fault. About 37,000 earthquakes are recorded each year, but most are too small to be felt.

Neighborhoods

California neighborhoods include: Acampo, Acton, Adelaide, Adelanto, Adin, Agoura Hills, Agua Dulce, Aguanga, Ahwahnee, Alameda, Alamo, Albany, Albion, Alderpoint, Alhambra, Aliso Viejo, Alleghany, Alpaugh, Alpine, Alpine Meadows, Alta, Altadena, Altaville, Alturas, Alviso, Amboy, American Canyon, Anaheim, Anderson, Angels Camp, Angelus Oaks, Angwin, Annapolis, Antelope, Antioch, Anza, Applegate, Apple Valley, Aptos, Arbuckle, Arcadia, Arcata, Arden Arcade, Arleta, Armona, Arnold, Aromas, Arroyo Grande, Artesia, Arvin, Atascadero, Atherton, Atwater, Auberry, Auburn, Avalon, Avenal, Avila Beach, Azusa, Badger, Baker, Bakersfield, Baldwin Park, Ballico, Bangor, Banning, Barstow, Bass Lake, Bay Point, Bayside, Beale Afb, Beaumont, Bell, Bella Vista, Bell Canyon, Bellflower, Bell Gardens, Belmont, Belvedere, Benicia, Ben Lomond, Benton, Berenda, Berkeley, Bermuda Dunes, Berry Creek, Bethel Island, Beverly Hills, Big Bar, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Biggs, Big Oak Valley, Big Pine, Big 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Vehicle Financing Coverage Area For California

Getting A Car Loan With Bad Credit

If you're in the market for a vehicle and have bad credit, you've probably been asked by a car dealer or two in California about whether or not you have money to put down. This is common and, depending upon your credit score, you may or may not have to have a down payment. All car dealers have different requirements for money down and it can depend on a number of factors. Here, we'll take a look at how different types of car dealerships and lenders view down payments, as well as, how they can affect your loan approval.

New Car Dealerships

Most new car dealerships are able to apply rebates and incentives to reduce the need for money down. If you have negative equity in a vehicle that you're trading in, you may have to provide money down to cover the negative equity so that it's not carried over into your new loan. While buying a new car with bad credit isn't so common, there are many manufacturers that offer lower priced new cars with attractive financing incentives to make buying easier for people with lower credit scores.

Online Loan Matching Services

Services available online in some cases may be able to match you with a lender willing to help you get approved for a car loan with little to no money down. It's a matter of finding the right combination of vehicle and dealer to work with your individual circumstances.

Having bad credit often leads to the need for a down payment when buying a car. New car dealerships may offer incentives or rebates to offset the need and used car dealers may be able to make the numbers work in your favor. Buy here pay here car lots generally always require down payments. Negative equity in the vehicle you're trading can prevent you from being able to buy without any money down.