Santa Rosa Hills (Riverside County)

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Santa Rosa Hills
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Location of the Santa Rosa Hills in California [1]
Highest point
Elevation 2,333 ft (711 m)
Geography
Country United States
State California
Region Peninsular Ranges
District Riverside County
Range coordinates 33°42′17.079″N116°55′49.084″W / 33.70474417°N 116.93030111°W / 33.70474417; -116.93030111 Coordinates: 33°42′17.079″N116°55′49.084″W / 33.70474417°N 116.93030111°W / 33.70474417; -116.93030111
Topo map USGS  Hemet

The Santa Rosa Hills are a low mountain range in the northern Peninsular Ranges System, in Riverside County, California. [1]

Mountain range A geographic area containing several geologically related mountains

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics. Mountain ranges are also found on many planetary mass objects in the Solar System and are likely a feature of most terrestrial planets.

Peninsular Ranges

The Peninsular Ranges are a group of mountain ranges that stretch 1,500 km (930 mi) from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula; they are part of the North American Coast Ranges, which run along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Mexico. Elevations range from 500 to 10,834 feet.

Riverside County, California County in California, United States

Riverside County, is one of fifty-eight counties in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,189,641, making it the 4th-most populous county in California and the 11th-most populous in the United States. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, which is the county seat.

They are located southeast of Hemet.

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