San Francisco
· land area of 121 square kilometres
Geography
· San Francisco is famous for its hills
· There are over 50 hills within city limits
· Highest mountain is Mount Davidson
(282m)
· The nearby San Andreas and Hayward
Faults are responsible for much
earthquake activity
Climate
· Cool and dry
summers
· Mild, wet winters
· San Francisco's
weather is strongly
influenced by the cool
currents of the Pacific
Ocean
· Hightest temp. 30 C
· Lowest temp. -3 C
Golden Gate Bridge
· San Franciscos most famous bridge
· It was built in 1933-1937
· About 3 km long and 65 m above sealevel
· 40 million people cross the bridge every
year
Cable cars
· The San Francisco cable car system is the
world's last permanently operational
manually-operated cable car system, and
is an icon of San Francisco
· Mostly a tourist attraction
Chinatown
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