Calaveras Valley is a valley east of

Milpitas, California Milpitas (Spanish for or little cornfields) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, part of Silicon Valley and the broader San Francisco Bay Area. Located on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, it is bordered by San Jose, California, S ...

in the

San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...

. It has formed primarily as a result of the actions of the

Calaveras Fault The Calaveras Fault is a major branch of the San Andreas Fault System that is located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Activity on the different segments of the fault includes moderate and large earthquakes as well as aseis ...

. The southern end of the Calaveras Valley is a few miles south of

Calaveras Reservoir Calaveras Reservoir is located primarily in Santa Clara County, California, with a small portion and its dam in Alameda County, California. In Spanish, Calaveras means "skulls". The reservoir is fed mainly by Arroyo Hondo (Santa Clara County, ...

, while the northern end is at Sunol. ''See''

for more information.

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Valleys of Santa Clara County, California Landforms of the San Francisco Bay Area Milpitas, California Valleys of California {{SantaClaraCountyCA-geo-stub