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Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)


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    • n-us-ca

  • Variants

    • Garden of the World, The (Calif.)
    • Llano de los Robles (Calif.)
    • Robles del Puerto de San Francisco (Calif.)
    • Santa Clara Valley (San Benito County and Santa Clara County, Calif.)
    • Silicon Valley (Calif.)
    • Thamien (Calif.)
    • The Garden of the World (Calif.)

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Santa Clara Valley (San Benito County and Santa Clara County, Calif.)

  • Sources

    • found: GNIS, Oct. 16, 2000(Santa Clara Valley, valley, Calif., Santa Clara Co., variant names: Llano de los Robles, Robles del Puerto de San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Thamien, The Garden of the World; separate entry for area Thamien, area, Calif., Santa Clara Co., variant name: Tares; separate entry for San Juan Valley, valley, Calif., San Benito and Santa Clara Cos., variant names: Cañada de San Benito, Llano de San Juan, San Benito Valley)
    • found: Web. geog.(Silicon Valley. Strip in Santa Clara co., W California bet. San Jose and Palo Alto; came into prominence in early 1980s as a center of high-technology industries, whence the name originates--an unofficial term)
    • found: Columbia gaz. of the world, c1998(Santa Clara Valley, in Santa Clara and San Benito cos., W Calif., S extension of San Francisco Bay depression, stretching c.75 mi/121 km SE from bay shore, bet. Santa Cruz Mts. and Gabilan Range (W) and Diablo Range (E), to point where ranges converge; 15 mi/24 km wide in N. Drained by Coyote Creek and short Guadalupe Creek in N; S of Gilroy, where Pajaro R. valley breaks mt. barrier to W separating Santa Cruz (N) and Gabilan (S) ranges; valley's S sect. is given local names (San Juan Valley, San Benito Valley). Better known now as Silicon Valley because of concentration of computer industry)
    • found: LC database, Oct. 16, 2000(titles: Art collectors in and around Silicon Valley, 1985; Rich's business guide to Santa Clara County's Silicon Valley & Northern California; Map of Silicon Valley)
    • found: GeoNames [algorithmically matched]valley; 37°14ʹ56ʺN 121°50ʹ24ʺW

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  • Change Notes

    • 2000-10-16: new
    • 2011-06-04: revised

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