California's main geological features vary due to location. For example, the pictures you see under all the text are maps of the San Andrea's fault line. For many years, residents near the bay have been worried that a massive earthquake, called "The Big One," will strike, and the San Andrea's fault line will split open (Just one or two inches), but the areas near and around the fault line will be devastated, like San Francisco. Also, California has many volcanoes. The volcanos include Amboy Crater, Black Butte, Clear Lake, Coso Volcanic Field, Glass Mountain, Golden Trout Creek Volcanic Field, Gorda Ridge, Inyo Craters, Inyo Domes, Lassen Peak, Lasen Volcanic National Park, Lava Beds Vicinity, Lava Beds National Monument, Long Valley Caldrea, Mammoth Mountain, Medicine Lake, Mono Craters, Mono Domes, Mount Konocti, Mount Lassen, , Mount Shasta Salton Buttes, and Sutton Buttes. Some of these are active, though most are not.We shall now look into one particular volcano, Mt. Shasta. Mt. Shasta is a stratovolcano, or a volcano that is formed by subduction. It is made up of many layers of ash and molten rock.
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