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* The Baja California Desert extends east of the Peninsular Ranges along the Pacific side of the peninsula for most of its length, and includes the El Vizcaíno Desert and El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve.
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* Baja California, a state in Mexico
* C. l. clepticus: San Pedro Martir coyote – northern Baja California and southwestern California
* C. l. peninsulae: Peninsula coyote – Baja California
Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the U. S. state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico.
* California coastal sage and chaparral: In coastal Southern California and northwestern coastal Baja California, as well as all of the Channel Islands off California and Guadalupe Island ( Mexico ).
Transmontane — Desert chaparral typically grows on the lower ( elevation ) northern slopes of the southern Transverse Ranges ( running east to west in San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties ) and on the lower () eastern slopes of the Peninsular Ranges ( running south to north from lower Baja California to Riverside and Orange Counties and the Transverse Ranges ).
The idea that older chaparral is responsible for causing large fires was originally proposed in the 1980s by comparing wildfires in Baja California and southern California.
It was suggested that fire suppression activities in southern California allowed more fuel to accumulate, which in turn led to larger fires ( in Baja, fires often burn without active suppression efforts ).
Fire mosaics in southern California and northern Baja California.
Two Pacific Ocean populations are known to exist: one of not more than 130 individuals ( according to the most recent population assessment in 2008 ) whose migratory route is presumed to be between the Sea of Okhotsk and southern Korea, and a larger one with a population between 20, 000 and 22, 000 individuals in the eastern Pacific travelling between the waters off Alaska and Baja California Sur.
Beginning in the Bering and Chukchi seas and ending in the warm-water lagoons of Mexico's Baja peninsula and the southern Gulf of California, they travel along the west coast of Canada, the United States and Mexico.
This was the first of 11 winters from 1855 through 1865 known as the " bonanza period ", during which gray whaling along the coast of Baja California reached its peak.
Between 1846 and 1874, an estimated 8, 000 gray whales were killed by American and European whalemen, with over half having been killed in the Magdalena Bay complex ( Estero Santo Domingo, Magdalena Bay itself, and Almejas Bay ) and by shore whalemen in California and Baja California.
Shore whaling in California and Baja California continued after this period, until the early 20th century.
In their breeding grounds in Baja California, Mexican law protects whales in their lagoons while still permitting whale watching.
Hernando de Alarcón, a Spanish navigator of the 16th century, noted for having led an early expedition to the Baja California peninsula, meant to be coordinated with Francisco Vasquéz de Coronado's overland expedition, and for penetrating the lower Colorado River, perhaps as far as the modern California-Arizona boundary.
Baja and Desert
* S. t. salicamans occurs west of the Sierra Nevada range during the summer and in south and central Baja California to the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert in winter.
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which covers large parts of the Southwestern United States in Arizona, California, Northwest Mexico in Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.
On eastern side of northern ranges, the Sonoran Desert ecoregion covers southeastern California and northeastern Baja California as far south as the town of Loreto, Baja California Sur.
It is found in grasslands, canyons, woodlands, and slopes in the Central Coast, southern Coast Ranges, southwestern California, east of the Sierra Nevada range, and into the Mojave Desert and Baja California
The Central Desert of Baja California: Demography and Ecology.
The Desert Night Lizard Xantusia vigilis is a night lizard native to southern California east of the Sierras and San Gabriel Mountains into Baja California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and extreme western Arizona.
The three largest types of All Terrain Vehicle ( ATV ) / Motorcycle competitions are Motocross, Enduro, and also Desert Racing like Dakar Rallye and Baja 1000.
Image: Baja Bug. jpg | Baja Bug, Mojave Desert Race ( MDR )
The party traveled through the Great Basin along the eastern Sierra Nevada, through the Mojave Desert of Mexican Alta California ( present day California ), and reaching the north shore of the Gulf of California in Baja California.
The Baja 1000 is part of the SCORE Championship Desert Racing Series that include the Baja 500, San Felipe 250 and the new San Felipe Challenge of Champions in place of the Primm 300 which had been the only SCORE race in the United States.
The Desert woodrat ( Neotoma lepida ) is a small species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America, ranging from southeastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho, south to California in the U. S., and Baja California and extreme northwestern Sonora in Mexico.
Yucca schidigera, also known as the Mojave yucca or Spanish Dagger, is a flowering plant that is native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert of southeastern California, Baja California, southern Nevada and western Arizona.
At San Ignacio, Baja California's arid Central Desert terrain gives way to a large grove of lush green date palms.
The Baja California Desert is a Desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.
Baja and extends
The Peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur in the south.
Its North American range extends from Alaska to the Baja peninsula in Mexico.
This species ’ winter range extends south to Baja California in Mexico.
Westwards its range extends to central Nevada and southern California and Baja California.
In the south, the California coastal sage and chaparral extends across the Mexican border into northwestern Baja California and Los Angeles.
The normal range of the Anise Swallowtail extends from British Columbia and North Dakota at its northern extreme, south to the Baja California peninsula and other parts of Mexico.
On the Pacific coast their breeding range extends south to extreme northwestern Baja California.
Juniperus californica ( California Juniper ) is a species of juniper native to southwestern North America ; as the name implies, it is mainly found in California, although its range also extends through most of Baja California, a short distance into the Great Basin in southern Nevada, and western Arizona.
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park is located in the Peninsular Range, which extends from the San Jacinto Mountains north of the park, southward to the tip of Baja California.
It is larger and slightly brighter than the migratory races of Common Yellowthroat which winter in Baja California, and the male's mask extends further onto the nape than is the case with the visitors.
Baja and east
Bayamón () is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío ; south of Toa Baja and Cataño ; west of Guaynabo ; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito.
Calexico is located southeast of Los Angeles, east of San Diego, west of Phoenix, and adjacent to Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
Cataño () is a municipality ( municipio ) located on northern coast of Puerto Rico bordering the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent to the north and east by San Juan ; north of Bayamón and Guaynabo ; east of Toa Baja and west of Guaynabo and is part of the San Juan Metropolitan Area.
* Section Saerorhinum: about 16 New World species, mostly annual plants and mostly native to California, though species are found from Oregon to Baja California Sur and as far east as Utah.
The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur ( El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in central and Pacific west coast, Central Gulf Coast subregion on east to southern tip ), north through much of Baja California, excluding the central northwest mountains and Pacific west coast, through southeastern California and southwestern and southern Arizona to western and central parts of Sonora.
Specimens have been recorded as far north as the Bering Sea and as far south as the Baja California Peninsula on the east side and the southern islands of Japan on the west.
These birds migrate in flocks south to Mexico's southwestern coast ; they are permanent residents in Baja California Sur, the Mexican east coast, and Belize.
The Northern Right Whale Dolphin is widely distributed in the temperate North Pacific in a band running from Kamchatka and mainland Japan in the west to British Columbia down to the Baja California peninsula in the east.
The common chuckwalla ( Sauromalus ater ) is the species with the greatest range, found from southern California east to southern Nevada and Utah, western Arizona and south to Baja California and northwestern Mexico.
Manatí () is a municipality of Puerto Rico on the northern coast, north of Morovis and Ciales ; east of Florida and Barceloneta ; and west of Vega Baja.
Morovis () is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Orocovis, south of Manatí, Vega Baja and Vega Alta ; east of Ciales, and west of Corozal.
Toa Alta () is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northern coast of the island, north of Naranjito ; south of Dorado and Toa Baja ; east of Vega Alta and Corozal ; and west of Bayamón.
Toa Baja () is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northern coast, north of Toa Alta and Bayamón ; east of Dorado ; and west of Cataño.
Vega Alta is located on the northern coast of the island, north of Morovis and Corozal ; east of Vega Baja ; and west of Dorado with an area of.
Vega Baja () is a municipality in north central Puerto Rico located in the northern coast, north of Morovis ; east of Manatí ; and west of Vega Alta.
Located to the east are the departments of Guatemala, home to Guatemala City, and Sacatepéquez, while also bordered by the departments of El Quiché and Baja Verapaz to the north, Escuintla and Suchitepéquez to the south, and Sololá Department to the west.
It is situated in the central region of the republic, to the east of Guatemala City, south of Baja Verapaz, west of Zacapa and north of Jalapa.
Its territory covered the eastern bank of the river Danube from Visegrád in the north to ( excluding ) Baja in the south, stretching to the river Tisza in the east.
In the late 17th century, Spain sent the first missionaries into today's Baja California, founding the first mission there in 1683 at San Bruno on the east coast of the Baja peninsula ( San Bruno was abandoned as unsuccessful after two years ).
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