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Is that to say that there is actually a geographical area that is officialy refered to as an "air basin".
Yes. In our case, it is the 9 counties in the central part of the state. San Joaquin valley is surrounded by mountain ranges. There are effectively two openings and our problem is, aside from what we generate via vehicles and large agricultural operations, the prevailing winds drive pollution from the San Francisco Bay area through the Altemont pass (large wind turbine farm there) at the north end and a significant portion of LA's through another pass in the Tehachipi mountains (another wind farm) at the south end. Being a valley or basin, there is no place it can escape so the pollution just sits.
South coast basin is comprised of several high pollution counties in the LA area with similar geography and there are other regions in the state each with it's own problems and district.
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