Pico Rivera and the Five themes of Geography by Benjamin Torres

Location: Absolute Location

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33.9831° N, 118.0967° W

Location: Relative Location

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Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California. The city is situated approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, on the eastern edge of the Los Angeles basin, and on the southern edge of the area known as the San Gabriel Valley.

Place: Physical Characteristics

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Pico Rivera has many parks due to many sport teams and sport fanatics around. These consist of Rio Hondo Park, Smith Park, Pico Park, Rio Vista, and Rivera Park.

Another would be river dams and trails built to make ensure the city not to flood from rain.

Place: Human Characteristics

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Mostly Latino ethnic population. Language spoken only english and spanish. Median age: The median age in Pico Rivera is 39. Citizenship: 86.8% of the residents in Pico Rivera are U.S. citizens

Humans Depend On

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In Pico Rivera humans depend on the water plant that is located in Pico Rivera near the San Gabriel River. It helps filter water and see how to keep the community healthy.

Humans Modify Environment

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Pico Rivera has multiple train stations which they recently modified to look newer and more modern.

Movement

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People usually travel through cars, bikes, and bus. The main one would be cars and kids going to school usually take the bus that travels down the street rosemead.

Region

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Pico Rivera is a fast-growing city of about 65,200 people in a more than eight-square-mile area located on the eastern border of the Los Angeles basin and southern border of the San Gabriel valley.