Villalobanes 1984 Journal 6 Jan Las Condes, Santiago, Chile En route, plane. E. of San Diego, california, the coastal terraces rises with an eastward ascent s has a tall and steep eastern slope at the W. edge of the salton sea. This sea is small and in a flat basin in the rain- shadow of the coastal terraces. E ridge of terrace has snow + pines. The gulf of california is a shallow body in a flat basin. East of the gulf is a desert with more or less no topographic relief 8 Jan Las Condes to Farallones, Santiago, Chile. Las Condes is the N edge of the city of Santiago & is at the foothills. Farallones is a ski area in the mountains to the north, roughly 1 hr ly car. This region is drained by the Rio Mapocho. Cottonwoods dominate along the river. A matorral scrub with several species of