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What is San Diego's geology like?

San Diego's geology is the main drawing card for tourists who love its ocean and weather. With the collision of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates – the same collision responsible for faults, earthquakes, and volcanoes – the California coast is dramatic, not flat like the eastern U.S. seaboard. Cliffs, rocks, and coves make for a hospitable home for sea life, much of which is easy to observe in tidepools. Nature also thrives for the large offshore creatures there, such as whales, seals and sea lions. San Diego's climate remains temperate because of the desert a few miles inland. When the hot air rises, it pulls sea breezes ashore. The ocean itself is unexpectedly cold for such a southerly spot.

This news arrived on: 06/20/2009

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