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The Tierra Blanca Mountains are located in San Diego ___MASK1___ in southern California between the Vallecito Mountains and the In - Ko - Pah Mountains . The range is located to the west of the community of Canebrake and the Carrizo Badlands . Interstate 8 ( I - 8 ) is an Interstate ___MASK13___ in the southwestern United States . It runs from the southern edge of ___MASK42___ ___MASK61___ at Sunset Cliffs Boulevard , in San Diego , California , almost at the Pacific Ocean , to the junction with I - 10 , just southeast of Casa Grande , Arizona . In California , the freeway travels through the San Diego metropolitan area as the Ocean Beach Freeway and the ___MASK42___ Valley Freeway before traversing the Cuyamaca Mountains and providing access through the Imperial Valley , including the city of El Centro . Crossing the Colorado River into Arizona , I - 8 continues through the city of Yuma across the Sonoran Desert to Casa Grande , in between the cities of Phoenix and Tucson . California is the most populous ___MASK51___ in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific ___MASK16___ ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international ___MASK99___ with the Mexican ___MASK51___ of Baja California . The ___MASK51___ ___MASK92___ is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most populous city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The ___MASK51___ also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . Southern California , often abbreviated as SoCal , is a geographic and ___MASK72___ that generally comprises California ' s 10 southernmost counties . The region is traditionally described as ___MASK93___ counties , based on demographics and economic ties : Imperial , Los Angeles , Orange , Riverside , San Bernardino , San Diego , Santa Barbara , and Ventura . The more extensive 10 - county definition , which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo counties , is also used based on historical political divisions . Southern California is a major economic center for the state of California and the United States . Nevada ( Spanish for " snowy "; see pronunciations ) is a ___MASK51___ in the Western , ___MASK15___ West , and Southwestern regions of the United States of America . Nevada is the 7th most extensive , the 34th most populous , and the 9th least densely populated of the 50 United States . Nearly ___MASK68___ - quarters of Nevada ' s ___MASK18___ live in Clark County , which contains the Las Vegas  Paradise metropolitan area where ___MASK68___ of the ___MASK51___ ' s four largest incorporated cities are located . Nevada ' s ___MASK92___ is Carson City . Nevada is officially known as the " Silver State " because of the importance of silver to its ___MASK59___ and economy . It is also known as the " Battle Born State ", because it achieved statehood during the Civil War ( the words " Battle Born " also appear on the ___MASK51___ ___MASK98___ ); as the " Sage - brush State ", for the native plant of the same name ; and as the " Sage - hen State ". Nevada borders Oregon to the northwest , Idaho to the northeast , California to the west , Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east . The Vallecito Mountains are located in the Colorado ___MASK23___ , in eastern San Diego ___MASK1___ , Southern California . They are about north of the U . S . ___MASK99___ with Mexico . The ___MASK33___ , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial ___MASK92___ of the world . The Jacumba Mountains are a ___MASK43___ of the Peninsular Ranges system , located in eastern San Diego County , Southern California , near the U . S . border with Mexico . The Pacific ___MASK16___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic ___MASK16___ in the north to the Southern ___MASK16___ ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . Mexico (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal ___MASK89___ in the southern half of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean ___MASK60___ ; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico . Covering almost two million square kilometers ( over 760 , 000 sq mi ), Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world . With an estimated population of over 120 million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana and León . The In - Ko - Pah Mountains are one of the Peninsular Ranges located near the U . S . ___MASK99___ with Mexico in southern California , west of the Jacumba Mountains . The range , which lies in a north - south direction , is located just north of Interstate 8 , and east of the Manzanita Indian Reservation . ___MASK21___ ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the City of ___MASK21___ and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous city in the United States ( after New York City ), the most populous city in California and the county seat of ___MASK21___ County . Situated in Southern California , ___MASK21___ is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic diversity , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American entertainment ___MASK65___ . ___MASK21___ lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . California ' s Colorado ___MASK23___ is a ___MASK74___ of the larger Sonoran ___MASK23___ . It encompasses approximately including the heavily irrigated Coachella and Imperial Valleys . The Colorado ___MASK23___ is home to many unique flora and fauna , many of which can be found nowhere else on the planet . Arizona ( O ' odham : " Al onak " [ ai onak ]) is a ___MASK51___ in the southwestern region of the United States . It is also ___MASK74___ of the Western United States and the Mountain West states . It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states . Its ___MASK92___ and largest city is Phoenix . Arizona is one of the Four Corners states . It has borders with New Mexico , Utah , Nevada , California , and Mexico , and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado . Arizona ' s border with Mexico is 389 miles ( 626 km ) long , on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California . The Peninsular Ranges ( also called the Lower California ___MASK79___ ) are a group of mountain ranges , in the Pacific Coast Ranges , which stretch from southern California in the United States to the southern tip of Mexico ' s Baja California Peninsula ; they are part of the North American Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Mexico . Elevations range from . Baja California , officially the Free and ___MASK86___ of Baja California , is a state in Mexico . It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 31 states which , with Mexico ___MASK44___ , comprises the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . Before becoming a state in 1953 , the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (" El Territorio Norte de Baja California "). It has an area of , or 3 . 57 % of the land ___MASK10___ of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula , north of the 28th parallel , plus oceanic Guadalupe ___MASK45___ . The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean , on the east by Sonora , the U . S . State of Arizona , and the Gulf of California ( also known as the " ___MASK60___ of Cortez "), and on the south by Baja California Sur . Its northern limit is the U . S . state of California .