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Colorado Desert - Photos from the Colorado Desert

Depressed arid region in SE California and N Baja California, USA; part of the Great Basin; area 5000–8000 km²/2000–3000 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

Anza Borrego Desert State Park

Bombay Beach

Box Canyon

Algodones Dunes

Salton Sea

San Andreas Fault

Imperial Valley

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