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Baja California

[ bah-hah kal-uh-fawr-nyuh, -fawr-nee-uh; Spanish bah-hah kah-lee-fawr-nyah ]

noun

  1. a narrow peninsula in northwestern Mexico between the Gulf of California and the Pacific, forming two territories of Mexico. 55,634 sq. mi. (144,090 sq. km). : Mexicali (Northern Territory) and La Paz (Southern Territory).


Baja California

/ ˈɑ /

noun

  1. the Spanish name for Lower California
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Hernandez “had been on the run from justice in both Mexico and the U.S., making him a top priority for law enforcement” the Baja California Attorney General’s Office said in a statement in Spanish.

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The Tijuana River flows 120 miles, starting in Baja California and crossing into Southern California, then reaching the Pacific Ocean in Imperial Beach.

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Under the treaty, the U.S. must supply Mexico with water from the Colorado, which flows from the Rocky Mountains down into Baja California.

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Sunflower sea stars — vividly colored creatures with up to 24 arms, and which can weigh as much as a small dog — once thrived along the Pacific Coast between Alaska and Baja California.

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Poodle-dog can be found in the southern Sierra Nevada, southern Coast Ranges and down into Baja California.

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