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CALIFORNIA,. one of the Pacific Coast states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Oregon, on the E by Nevada and Arizona, on the S by the Mexican state of Baja California, and on the W by the Pacific Ocean. The Colorado R. forms the S portion of its E

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