Ventura County Photo Essay Victor Perez Mr. Gianelli Geography/Period 3 1 February 2012.
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Transcript of Ventura County Photo Essay Victor Perez Mr. Gianelli Geography/Period 3 1 February 2012.
Physical Characteristics
Downtown Ventura: shows the ways Ventura kind of is, there's a lot of clubs on Main St., and it shows what some people are like, in Ventura, party machines.
The Ventura Beach: shows that people in Ventura love the beach.
Two Trees: has become a hiking attraction to people that are tourists or people that live in the county but just want a good workout.
Human-Environment InteractionSurfing: is one of the most popular for interacting with the environment.
The Ventura Beach Pier: without the pier there you wouldn’t be able to be on that part of the water, unless you paddled or swam out there.
Hobart Skate Park: is a skate park within a regular park, this interacts with the environment because before that was all grass, and now it’s a skate park.
Economy ActivityVons: there is a Vons in every city in Ventura County.
The Ventura Government Center: is where a lot of federal business is taken care of.
The Pacific View Mall: is a tourist attraction, has a lot of things you can buy, and is mostly very pricy items.
Government
Police Station: Officer looking over the city of Ventura
Marina Park: Parks are established there by the City.
Fire Station: Victoria Ave. Protect fires.
Agriculture
Santa Paula Lemon Orchard: A lot of orchards are grown in Ventura County.
Calavo Orchards: Avocado Orchards, a huge part of the agriculture of Santa Paula
Faulkner Farm Pumpkin Patch: grown in October
Bodies of Water
Lake Casitas: get our water resources from there, that’s why they don’t allow swimming in the lake.
Emma Wood: state beach
Santa Clara River
Culture
Tortilla Flats: portrays the history of Ventura a little bit.
Mexican Cowboys(vaqueros): A lot of them populate Santa Paula
Tlaquepaque: authentic Mexican food., shows what kind of restaurants are in Ventura County.
Ecosystems
Flower field: off the 126 highway
Swarm of Pelicans: flying across the Ventura Harbor.
The Ventura River
Patterns of Settlement
Aparments in Oxnard: shows how some patterns were developed, to make it easier on people to live in, affordable. The 126 Freeway: Ventura, Saticoy,
Fillmore, are all lined up along this freeway, which makes it easier to travel from city to city.
The Meadows: gated community in Camarillo, more expensive, but safe communities.