This article aims to explore the extraordinary physical features of the Golden State, California. The Golden State is defined as “a state on the West Coast of the United States: the third largest state by area and largest by population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the coastal range, deserts to the south, fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and the Sierra Nevada mountains to the east; major industries include citrus and grape growing, fishing, oil production, electronics, information technology, and films” (California). The state of California not only has a large population, but contains a variety of characteristics that make the state very diverse. These features vary from trees, mountains, national parks, coastal ranges, valleys, deserts, basins, earthquakes and a different climate. In the next few pages we will describe and show why these characteristics make the Golden State unique. California has a wide variety of national parks. Each park has distinctive characteristics that make it unique. California's Yosemite National Park is well known for its great "hiking, rafting, fishing and wildlife viewing, not to mention it's a mecca for big wall climbing." During the summer, the park is visited by a lot of tourism, but during the winter it transforms "into a peaceful snowy paradise". In the past, “the granite wonderland of Yosemite was carved by enormous glaciers about three million years ago, when ice covered all but the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada” (Morton) This park is a place where in the summer it is packed of life and joy because families go up there and do activities together Yosemite is a place where people can go and relax to forget the stress of d...... middle of paper ......ral The tribes of Native Americans, including Miwok, Yokut, Wintun, Maidu and Nuns were supplied with roots, seeds, nuts and berries, deer, rabbit, salmon and other fish from the region." Native Americans in a certain sense left us the basis on how to prevent food production from decreasing in California. In the same article provided by CUESA it is stated that “Today, the San Joaquin Valley grows cotton, grapes, olives, potatoes, stone fruit, vegetables. Asian, nuts, citrus fruits and berries. The Sacramento Valley comes from rice, beans, row crops, fruit, livestock, corn and grapes in irrigation, mechanization, labor structure, plant breeding, and inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers, as well as two major water projects (state and federal) have allowed this intensification.”