Editing Del Norte County, California (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1230|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1006|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|223|sqmi}} (18%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 24, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

The mountainous terrain associated with the Coastal Range and the Klamath Mountains dominates
Del Norte County's geography. Elevation ranges from sea level to over 6,400 feet. Although much of the
county is made up of steep terrain, there are small patches of flat terrain along the coast and in isolated
mountain valleys. There are 37 miles of coastline in the county, forming a coastal zone that covers
approximately 51,000 acres (80 square miles). A broad coastal plain can be found in the northwest
portion of the county with the western edge of the Klamath Mountains as its easterly boundary. Rising
abruptly from the coastal plain, the Klamath Mountains extend north into Oregon and are situated
between the Cascade Range to the east and the Coast Range to the north.<ref>{{cite web|title=Del Norte Fire Safe Plan|url=http://www.forevergreenforestry.com/documents/DNFireAppendix9-05wmapslo_000.pdf|access-date=October 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425115951/http://www.forevergreenforestry.com/documents/DNFireAppendix9-05wmapslo_000.pdf|archive-date=April 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Further|Peak Eight}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Curry County, Oregon]] - northwest
* [[Josephine County, Oregon]] - northeast
* [[Siskiyou County, California|Siskiyou County]] - east
* [[Humboldt County, California|Humboldt County]] - south

===Beach===
* [[Pelican State Beach]]

===Recreation area===
* [[Smith River National Recreation Area]]

===Rivers===
* [[Klamath River|Klamath]] - one of the longest in California.
* [[Smith River (California)|Smith]] - a crown jewel of the [[National Wild and Scenic River]] program.

===Wildlife refuge===
* [[Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge]]

===Parks===
[[File:Marshall pond.jpg|right|thumb|Marshall Pond near the Klamath River, Redwood National, and State parks.]]
* [[Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park]]
* [[Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park]]
* [[Redwood National Park]]
* [[Tolowa Dunes State Park]]
* [[Ruby Van Deventer County Park]]
* [[Florence Keller County Park]]

===Ecology===
{{see also|Klamath Mountains (ecoregion)|Northern California coastal forests}}
There is a diversity of flora and fauna within Del Norte County. Vegetative plant associations feature several forest types including mixed oak forest. The California [[Endemism|endemic]] Blue oak, ''[[Quercus douglasii]]'' is at the northernmost part of its range in Del Norte County.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2008. [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=85046 ''Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228073950/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=85046 |date=February 28, 2012 }}</ref> The [[Quercus kelloggii|Black Oak]] and [[Douglas-fir]] are also found in Del Norte County.