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Baja California
[ bah-hah kal-uh-fawr-nyuh, -fawr-nee-uh; Spanish bah-hah kah-lee-fawr-nyah ]
noun
- 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
- the Spanish name for Lower California
- short for Baja California Norte
Example Sentences
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.
The Tijuana River flows 120 miles, starting in Baja California and crossing into Southern California, then reaching the Pacific Ocean in Imperial Beach.
Under the treaty, the U.S. must supply Mexico with water from the Colorado, which flows from the Rocky Mountains down into Baja California.
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.
Poodle-dog can be found in the southern Sierra Nevada, southern Coast Ranges and down into Baja California.
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