Geography Solano County, California
1 geography
1.1 fauna
1.2 adjacent counties
1.3 national protected area
geography
according u.s. census bureau, county has total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km), of 822 square miles (2,130 km) land , 84 square miles (220 km) (9.3%) water.
solano county has several inactive cinnabar mines including hastings mine , st. john s mine, both of subject ongoing mercury monitoring. these mines worked in first half of twentieth century.
fauna
solano county has number of rare , endangered species including beetle elaphrus viridis, wildflower lasthenia conjugens, commonly known contra costa goldfields , annual plant legenere limosa or false venus looking glass.
adjacent counties
contra costa county, california - south
sonoma county, california - west
napa county, california - west
yolo county, california - north
sacramento county, california - east
national protected area
san pablo bay national wildlife refuge (part)
^ gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, , 1990 . united states census bureau. 2011-02-12. retrieved 2011-04-23.
^ hogan, c. michael; papineau, marc (september 1989). environmental assessment of columbus parkway widening between ascot parkway , northgate development, vallejo . earth metrics inc. report 7853. california state clearinghouse.
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