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| | Algodones Dunes - GLAMIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | The name is taken from Spanish and English manipulations of the name of the Quechan (Yuman) Indian tribe that historically dwelt, and still does in limited numbers, on both sides of the Colorado River in the area of the nearby dunes and delta. |
 | | The Algodones are an active dune system that harbors many rare, threatened, and endemic species such as the Peirsons Milkvetch, Sand Food, Algodones Dunes Sunflower, Flat-tailed Horned Lizard, Andrews Dune Scarab Beetle, Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard and at least 9 endemic beetles. |
 | | Algodones is ground zero for motorized recreation, annually drawing up to one million dune buggies, motorcycles, jeeps, ATVs and monster trucks. |
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