thumb|right|Map of the regions of California thumb|right|Map showing the division between Northern California (top white) and Southern California (bottom red) California is traditionally separated into Northern California and Southern California, divided by a straight border which runs across the state, separating the northern 48 counties from the southern 10 counties. Despite the persistence of the northern-southern divide, California is more precisely divided into many regions, multiple of which stretch across the northern-southern divide.
thumb|right|Map of the regions of California thumb|right|Map showing the division between Northern California (top white) and Southern California (bottom red) California is traditionally separated into Northern California and Southern California divided by a straight border which runs across the state separating the northern 48 counties from the southern 10 counties Despite the persistence of the northern-southern divide California is more precisely divided into many regions multiple of which stretch across the northern-southern divide