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Tehachapi Mountains

American  
[tuh-hach-uh-pee] / təˈhætʃ ə pi /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a transverse (E–W) mountain range in S central California. Highest peak, Double Mountain, 7,982 feet (2,433 meters).


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Above-normal potential wraps southward from there toward the Tehachapi Mountains through the coastal ranges and the central and southern Sierra Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2022

In April, a Los Angeles judge overruled the county’s approval of a 19,300-home community in the fire-prone Tehachapi Mountains.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

The Eastern District encompasses about 8.5 million people, stretching from the Oregon border south to the Tehachapi Mountains and from the Coast Ranges on the west to the Nevada border on the east.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2019

The loop was devised to overcome a particularly steep part of the trip through the Tehachapi Mountains.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2017

Diablo and follows the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley to the Tehachapi Mountains.

From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne F. Cook

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