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into the Santa Clara River; pril:!cipitat:ton ,;aries f".rom one year to anotherJ

the msan annual value is approximately 15 inchea<ll The climate is semi.,.

arid, and ie ~ry dry for almost four fifths of the year II It if.I·

expected, therefore~ that rapid evaporation and percolation impede

superficial rlov of streams during a reasonable amount of tin1e" Local

cl0Udbursta 11 however, do occur occasionally, and :result in very high

run""°f'f along those streame that drain the areas of pracipita·t.ion~

The most common type or vegetation is repr®sented by a thick

growth of se"ra.l kinds o:f a m0dium i::i'i 11:Pil hul'!!h.. Ssv~rnl alopAs a.t'A
practically covered with it, and make the field work slow and difficult$

In some parts, where protection from sun, precipitation and prevailing

winds is achieved II an evergreen variety of' trac grow·s, adding to the

st,rong billy landscape a contrast of. lite and color.

Popula.tione

'nle Canyon is sparsely populated; the inhabitants are owners

at ooveral acres of lander and oonoent,rate on cruJ:t.ivating the terrso0e

and floodplain area.a of the stream and its major tributaries.,

Power House No. 2, 10 mil.es north of' Saugus, holds several

men working :f'or the maintenance and continuous supervision of the turbines

and their related equipmentJ under 530 f'eet or head of water, coming

down from a reservoir located on top of the adjacent eastern hUla, the

energy delivere(l to Los Angeles County ie 4, 600 kilowatts.
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Oold-quartz veins in the Pelona eohists have been worked on

a very small scale, and · there has bean some search for copper in