Central Valley

noun

1. the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.

Example Sentences

Sitting on a historic plot of land in California’s Central Valley, the bar offers free pool, weekend karaoke and a regular “Ladies Night” — “the place where old friends return,” its website says.

From Washington Post

In recent years, Amtrak has added state-supported service in Virginia and Massachusetts, and adjusted schedules in California’s Central Valley to be more convenient for weekend travelers.

From Washington Post

At one Central Valley site, inspectors documented unreported “spills of oil” on five separate dates, and they found wastewater being funneled through unlined dirt channels, raising concerns about groundwater contamination.

From ProPublica

In May 2019, workers in California’s Central Valley struggled to seal a broken oil well.

From ProPublica

To find out, a team of scientists focused on California’s Central Valley.

From Science News For Students

They exist even in a different realm from the Central Valley of California, just over the hills and a world away.

From The Daily Beast

Unemployment in some Central Valley towns tops 30 percent, and in cases even 40 percent.

From The Daily Beast

And some are both booming and busting, such as the wide gulf between Silicon Valley and the Central Valley in California.

From The Daily Beast

The Central Valley and Visalia are in the most conservative part of California.

From The Daily Beast

Puello contacted the Central Valley Baptist Church just two days after the Americans were arrested in Haiti.

From The Daily Beast

Just north of Central Valley something seemed different about the hillside; a new scar had appeared along its edge.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. George showed Rollo the great central valley of Switzerland, with the ranges of mountains on each side of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Ecologically the great central valley of California forms a single unit.

From Project Gutenberg

To the north of the central valley the trees of the east and west join, forming a heavily wooded belt quite across the state.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the Sioux feared the Sacs, the warriors of the central valley.

From Project Gutenberg