Calaveras Valley is a valley east of Milpitas, California in the

San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...

. It has formed primarily as a result of the actions of the Calaveras Fault. 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 and Calaveras Cree ...

, 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