About Temecula Valley
The Temecula Valley in western Riverside County is a Graben rift valley California. The Temecula Valley is one of the grabbing valleys, making up the Elsinore Trough, created by using the Elsinore Fault Zone. It lies at the foot of the Temescal Mountains and of the Temecula Basin and the Willard Fault on the west among the Wildomar Fault on the east, at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains. The Temecula Valley lies northwest of Temecula Creek, and its head (33°36′46″N 117°17′33″W) is south of the Elsinore Valley, from which it's far divided by a low rise between the Temescal and Santa Ana Mountains. The valley is drained by tributaries of Temecula Creek and Murrieta Creek. Their confluence paperwork the Santa Margarita River. The original facilities of the towns of Murrieta, Temecula and Wildomar are positioned in the Temecula Valley.
