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D II. PHYSICAL FEATURES
A. Land Area
1. Square Miles: 94 +or-.
2. Acres: 60,160 +or-.
B. General description of topography:
0 The Santa Clarita Valley runs east and west surrounded by
canyons leading out of the mountains to the Santa Clara River,
which flows west through Ventura County to the ocean. The area is
J basically desert with desert vegetation and practically no rain
fall for eight months of the year. During heavy rains, flooding
in the Santa Clara River basin occurs.
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