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Cotati is an incorporated city in Sonoma County, California, U.S., located about north of San Francisco in the 101 corridor between Rohnert Park and Petaluma. Cotati's population as of the 2010 Census was 7,265, making it the smallest incorporated community in Sonoma County. Like all of Sonoma County, Cotati is included in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Redwood Empire. Located in the Sonoma Coast AVA, Cotati can also be considered part of the Wine Country. E & J Gallo Winery operates a vineyard called Two Rock Vineyard in the hills west of town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Falcon and the Farmer )〕 Cotati's hexagonal downtown plaza, one of only two hexagonal town layouts in the United States, is California Historical Landmark number 879.〔 The other U.S. city with a hexagonal layout is Detroit, Michigan.〔Draper, p. 21〕 ==Geography and environment== According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , 0.53% of which is water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕 The city is about from the Pacific Ocean. It lies entirely in the drainage basin of the Laguna de Santa Rosa. The Petaluma River watershed begins just south of town. To the west is the Stemple Creek watershed. The sources of all three watercourses lie in the hilly area between Stony Point Road and U.S. 101, just west of town. A gap in the coastal ridges near Petaluma often allows coastal fog to reach Cotati in the summer, giving it a marine climate that is noticeably cooler and less sunny than the "coastal" climates of nearby Santa Rosa and Sebastopol. Cotati averages fewer than 800 hours per growing season in the range.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sonoma County Climatic Zones )〕 The soils of the Cotati area are characterized by recent alluvial materials, explicitly those areas bordering the Laguna de Santa Rosa and its tributary Washoe Creek. These materials are largely stream and valley alluvium, with artificial fill in some areas. Active earthquake faults near Cotati include the Rodgers Creek Fault ( east) and the Tolay Fault. To the west of Cotati are wetland habitat for Sebastopol meadowfoam, Pitkin Marsh lily, Showy Indian clover and several other endangered species.〔C.Michael Hogan, Marc Papineau, Ballard George et al., ''Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Roblar Road Rock Quarry'', Earth Metrics Inc. Report 7673, prepared for Sonoma County and the California State Clearinghouse, September, 1989〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cotati, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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