Temecula Valley

Temecula Valley
Valle de Temecula (Spanish)
Panoramic overlooking the Temecula Valley
Temecula Valley Riverside County, California
Geography
Coordinates	33°33′20″N 117°12′40″W / 33.55556°N 117.21111°W / 33.55556; -117.21111

The Temecula Valley (Spanish: Valle de Temecula)^[1]^[2] is a graben rift valley in western Riverside County, California.

The Temecula Valley is one of the graben valleys making up the Elsinore Trough, created by the Elsinore Fault Zone. It lies between the Wildomar Fault on the east, at the foot of the Temescal Mountains and of the Temecula Basin and the Willard Fault on the west, at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains. The Temecula Valley lies northwest of Temecula Creek, and its head (33°36′46″N 117°17′33″W / 33.61278°N 117.29250°W / 33.61278; -117.29250) is south of the Elsinore Valley, from which it is divided by a low rise between the Temescal and Santa Ana Mountains.

The valley is drained by Murrieta Creek, Temecula Creek, and their tributaries. Their confluence forms the Santa Margarita River.^[3]^[4]

The original centers of the cities of Murrieta, Temecula and Wildomar are located in the Temecula Valley.

References

^ "Festival del Vino y Globos del Valle de Temecula comienza este viernes". Telemundo 52 (in Spanish). Los Angeles. 19 May 2023.
^ "La región del vino en el Valle de Temecula". Visit California (in Spanish).
^ Engel, René (1959). Geology of the Lake Elsinore quadrangle, California. San Francisco: State of California, Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Mines. pp. 14, 51-55.
^ Larson, Robert A.; Slosson, James E., eds. (January 1, 1997). Storm-Induced Geologic Hazards: Case Histories from the 1992-1993 Winter in Southern California and Arizona, Volume 11 (Fig. 1). Geological Society of America. p. 50. ISBN 978-0813741116.

v t e Inland Empire
Counties	Riverside San Bernardino
Principal cities	Riverside San Bernardino
Cities and towns 100k+	Corona Fontana Hesperia Jurupa Valley Menifee Moreno Valley Murrieta Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Rialto Temecula Victorville
Cities and towns 25k–100k	Adelanto Apple Valley Banning Barstow Beaumont Cathedral City Chino Chino Hills Coachella Colton Desert Hot Springs Eastvale Hemet Highland Indio La Quinta Lake Elsinore Montclair Norco Palm Desert Palm Springs Perris Redlands San Jacinto Twentynine Palms Upland Wildomar Yucaipa
Cities and towns 10k–25k	Big Bear City Bloomington Blythe Calimesa Canyon Lake Crestline Grand Terrace Home Gardens Lake Arrowhead Loma Linda Mead Valley Muscoy Rancho Mirage Valle Vista Woodcrest Yucca Valley
Cities and towns under 10k	Big Bear Lake Cabazon El Cerrito Oak Glen Highgrove Indian Wells Joshua Tree Mentone Needles Romoland San Antonio Heights Wrightwood
Regions	Coachella Valley Cucamonga Valley Elsinore Trough High Desert Morongo Basin Perris Plain Plains of Leon San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino Valley San Jacinto Mountains San Jacinto Valley Santa Ana Mountains Temecula Valley Temescal Mountains Victor Valley

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