What is San Joaquin Valley?
The '''San Joaquin Valley''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|æ|n|_|hw|ɑː|ˈ|k|iː|n}} {{respell|SAN|_|whah|KEEN}}) is the area of the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]] that lies south of the [[Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta]] and is drained by the [[San Joaquin River]]. It is made up of seven [[Northern California]] counties—all of [[Kings County, California|Kings County]]; a majority of [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]], [[Merced County, California|Merced]], [[Stanislaus County, California|Stanislaus]] counties; segments of [[Madera County, California|Madera]] and [[Tulare County, California|Tulare]] counties—and a majority of [[Kern County, California|Kern County]], in [[Southern California]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://valleycan.org/fact_sheets_info/sjv_fact_sheet.php.html | title=San Joaquin Valley Fact Sheet | publisher=Valley Clean Air Now | access-date=October 18, 2014 | quote=Seven counties comprise the San Joaquin Valley, including all of Kings County, most of Fresno, Kern, Merced, and Stanislaus counties, and portions of Madera, San Luis Obispo, Tulare counties | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022150246/http://valleycan.org/fact_sheets_info/sjv_fact_sheet.php.html | archive-date=October 22, 2014 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{California}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Valleys of California]] [[Category:Fresno County, California]] [[Category:Kern County, California]] [[Category:Kings County, California]] [[Category:Madera County, California]] [[Category:Merced County, California]] [[Category:San Joaquin County, California]] [[Category:Stanislaus County, California]] [[Category:Tulare County, California]] [[Category:Central Valley of California]] {{US-geo-stub}}