California一A Land of Variety and Contrast

California is a land of variety and contrast. Almostevery type of physical land feature,sort of arctic ice fields and tropicaljungles can be found within its borders.Sharply

contrasting types ofland often lie very close to one another. People living in Bakersfield,forinstance,can visit the Pacific Ocean and the coastal plain,the fertile San Joaquin

Valley,the aridMojave Desert,and the high Sierra Nevada,allwithin a radius of about 100 miles. In other areas it is possible to go snowskiing in the morning and surfing in

the evening of thesame day,without having to travel long distance.

Contrast abounds in California. The highestpoint in the United States(outsideAlaska)is in California,andso is the lowest point(including Alaska).MountWhitney,14,494 feet

above sea level,isseparated from Death Valley,282 feet below sealevel,by a distance of only 100 miles. The two areas have a difference inaltitude of almost three miles.

California hasdeep,clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe,the deepest in the country,but italso has shallow,salty desert lakes.It has Lake Tulainyo,12,020 feet above sea

level,and the lowestlake in the country,the Salton Sea,236 feet belowsea level. Some of its lakes,like OwensLake in Death Valley,are not lakes at all.they are dried up lake

beds.

In addition tomountains,lakes,valleys,deserts,and plateaus,Californiahas its Pacific coastline,stretching longer than the coastlines of Oregon and Washingtoncombined.Which of thefollowing is NOT mentioned in the passage as being within a radius of about 100miles of Bakersfield?

A.The Pacific Ocean.

B.San Joaquin Valley.

C.Mojave Desert.

D.Oregon and Washington.