Editing California (section)

===Regions===
{{Main|List of regions of California}}
{{see also|List of places in California}}
[[File:Ca-regions.svg|thumb|right|Map of the [[List of regions of California|regions of California]]]]
[[File:Southern California counties in red noshade.png|thumb|right|Map showing the division between [[Northern California]] (top white) and [[Southern California]] (bottom red)]]
California is traditionally separated into [[Northern California]] and [[Southern California]], divided by a straight border which runs across the state, separating the northern 48 counties from the southern 10 counties. Despite the persistence of the northern-southern divide, California is more precisely divided into many regions, multiple of which stretch across the northern-southern divide.

; Major divisions
* '''[[Northern California]]'''
* '''[[Southern California]]'''

; Regions
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* '''[[Shasta Cascade]]'''
** [[Klamath Basin]]
** [[Modoc Plateau]]
* '''[[North Coast (California)|North Coast]]'''
** [[Lost Coast]]
* '''[[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]]'''
** [[North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|North Bay]]
** [[San Francisco Peninsula]]
** [[Santa Clara Valley|South Bay (Santa Clara Valley)]]
** [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]]
* '''[[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]]'''
** [[Sacramento Valley]]
*** [[Sacramento metropolitan area|Greater Sacramento]]
** [[San Joaquin Valley]]
*** [[Metropolitan Fresno]]
** [[Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta|California Delta]]
*'''[[Sierra Nevada]]'''
**[[Gold Country]]
**[[Eastern Sierra]]
* '''[[Central Coast (California)|Central Coast]]'''
** [[Monterey Bay Area]]
** [[Big Sur]]
** [[Gaviota Coast]]
* '''[[Southern California]]'''
** [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|Greater Los Angeles]]
*** [[Antelope Valley]]
*** [[Los Angeles Basin]]
*** [[San Fernando Valley]]
*** [[San Gabriel Valley]]
*** [[Santa Clarita Valley]]
** [[Channel Islands (California)|Channel Islands]]
** [[Orange Coast]]
** [[Inland Empire]]
** [[San Diego–Tijuana]]
*'''[[Deserts of California|California Deserts]]'''
**[[Mojave Desert]]
**[[Great Basin Desert]]
**[[Colorado Desert]] ([[Sonoran Desert]])
***[[Calexico–Mexicali]]
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