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La Loma Hills

Coordinates: 34°2′3.050″N 117°20′45.160″W / 34.03418056°N 117.34587778°W / 34.03418056; -117.34587778
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La Loma Hills
La Loma Hills is located in California
La Loma Hills
La Loma Hills
Location of La Loma Hills in California[1]
La Loma Hills is located in the United States
La Loma Hills
La Loma Hills
La Loma Hills (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation1,214 ft (370 m)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionPeninsular Ranges
DistrictSan Bernardino County
Range coordinates34°2′3.050″N 117°20′45.160″W / 34.03418056°N 117.34587778°W / 34.03418056; -117.34587778
Topo mapUSGS San Bernardino South

The La Loma Hills are a low and short mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges System, in the urban Inland Empire region of Southern California.[1]

Geography

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The hills are located in extreme southwestern San Bernardino County, north of the city of Riverside and the Riverside County line.[1]

The Santa Ana River course is naturally redirected in a right angle to the west by the La Loma Hills, flowing along their northern side and then returning south again along their western sides.

The community of Highgrove is on the southeast; Interstate 215, community of Grand Terrace, and the Kalmia Hills are on the east; and the city of Colton is across the river to the northeast.

Geologically, they are part of the Northern Perris Block, the central block of three major fault-bounded blocks of the northern part of the Peninsular Ranges. The San Jacinto Fault Zone is to the northeast.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "La Loma Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.