Editing Transverse Ranges (section)

=== Ranges ===

==== Western segment ====
This segment begins at Point Conception in Santa Barbara County, and include the [[Santa Ynez Mountains]] that run parallel to the coast behind [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] and the [[San Rafael Mountains]] on the other side of the [[Santa Ynez Valley]]. The western Transverse Ranges also include the [[Topatopa Mountains]] and the [[Santa Susana Mountains]] of Ventura County and Los Angeles County, the [[Simi Hills]], the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] that run along the Pacific coast behind [[Malibu, California|Malibu]], and whose eastern portion are known as the [[Hollywood Hills]], and the [[Chalk Hills]]. The northern [[Channel Islands of California]] are also part of the Transverse Ranges; [[San Miguel Island|San Miguel]], [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa]], [[Santa Cruz Island|Santa Cruz]] and [[Anacapa Island]]s are a westward extension of the Santa Monica Mountains.

==== Central segment ====
The Ranges include the steep [[San Gabriel Mountains]] northeast of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], the [[Sierra Pelona Mountains]] just south of the San Andreas fault, the Tehachapi Mountains southeast of Bakersfield, the [[Verdugo Mountains]], the Liebre-Sawmill Mountains, the [[San Rafael Hills]], [[Puente Hills]], [[San Jose Hills]], and [[Chino Hills]].

==== Eastern segment ====
The [[San Bernardino Mountains]], [[Little San Bernardino Mountains]], and the [[Pinto Mountains|Pinto]], [[Eagle Mountains|Eagle]], and [[Orocopia Mountains]] are within the eastern segment. The Mojave Desert and California's low desert, including the [[Coachella Valley]], are at the eastern end of the ranges.

Ranges north of the western segment that are nearly transverse but are part of the California Coast Ranges include the  [[San Rafael Mountains]] and the [[Sierra Madre Mountains (California)|Sierra Madre Mountains]]. Likewise, the [[Tehachapi Mountains]] north of the Mojave Desert, although nearly transverse, are the southern end of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]].

==== Component ranges ====
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Mountain ranges with peaks exceeding {{convert|4500|ft}}, listed west to east, include:
* [[Santa Ynez Mountains]]
* [[San Rafael Mountains]]
* [[Pine Mountain Ridge (California)|Pine Mountain Ridge]]
* [[San Emigdio Mountains]]
* [[Topatopa Mountains]]
* [[Sierra Pelona Ridge]]
* [[San Gabriel Mountains]]
* [[San Bernardino Mountains]]
* [[Little San Bernardino Mountains]]
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Examples of smaller mountain and hill ranges include:
* [[Santa Monica Mountains]]
* [[Santa Susana Mountains]]
* [[Simi Hills]]
* [[Chalk Hills]]
* [[Indio Hills]]
* [[San Rafael Hills]]
* [[Puente Hills]]
* [[San Jose Hills]]
* [[Shandin Hills]]
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