Depressed arid region in SE California and N Baja California, USA; part of the Great Basin; area 50008000 km²/20003000 sq mi; contains the Salton Sea, a shallow saline lake, situated 71 m/233 ft below sea-level.
For other uses of "Colorado", see Colorado (disambiguation).The Colorado Desert is a large arid depression in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California and the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Baja California.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the largest state park in the contiguous United States, covers 600,000 acres (2400 km²) from the edge of the coastal mountains east of San Diego to the Salton Sea and south almost to the US-Mexico border.
Photos from the Colorado Desert
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Anza Borrego Desert State Park |
Bombay Beach |
Box Canyon |
Algodones Dunes |
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Salton Sea |
San Andreas Fault |
Imperial Valley |
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