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The San Leandro Hills are a low
mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
of the Southern Inner
California Coast Ranges The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains. P ...
System, located on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay. Geologically, they are a southern continuation of the Berkeley Hills on the north. They run along the southeastern city limits of Oakland, extending southeastward above the city of
San Leandro San Leandro (Spanish for " St. Leander") is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area; between Oakland to the northwest, and Ashland, Castro Valley, and Hayward to the sout ...
and the unincorporated community of Castro Valley.
San Leandro Creek San Leandro Creek ( es, Arroyo de San Leandro) is a year-round natural stream in the hills above Oakland in Alameda County and Contra Costa County of the East Bay in northern California.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-res ...
drains the canyon along the eastern slope of the hills.


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Mountain ranges of Alameda County, California Berkeley Hills California Coast Ranges Geography of San Leandro, California Geography of Oakland, California Mountain ranges of the San Francisco Bay Area Mountain ranges of Northern California {{AlamedaCountyCA-geo-stub