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	California - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		California's giant judiciary is supervised by the seven Justices of the Supreme Court of California.
		California is famous for its earthquakes due partly to the presence of the San Andreas Fault.
		California's mountain ranges influence the climate as well; moisture-laden air from the west cools as it ascends the mountains, dropping moisture; some of the rainiest parts of the state are west-facing mountain slopes.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /california.htm (3300 words)

	Sonoran Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sonoran Desert (sometimes also called Gila Desert after Gila River) is a North American desert which straddles part of the U.S.-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the Mexican state of Sonora.
		It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 120,000 square miles (311,000 square kilometres).
		It is bounded on the west by the Peninsular Ranges, which separate it from the California chaparral and woodlands and Baja California desert ecoregions of the Pacific slope.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sonoran_Desert (325 words)

	BAJA DESERT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Baja California peninsula of Mexico is a long finger of land about 150 km wide and extending 1,300 km south from the border with California in the USA to the Tropic of Cancer near its southern tip.
		The deserts of Baja California are further south than those of the USA, with a milder, subtropical climate where frosts seldom occur at the lower elevations.
		The San Felipe Desert lies near the eastern side of the Baja California peninsula, in the "rain shadow" of the mountains, so it is an extremely arid desert.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desertecology/bajacali.htm (426 words)

	Baja California desert -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Baja California desert is a (An arid region with little or no vegetation) Desert (additional info and facts about ecoregion) ecoregion of (A Republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810) Mexico's (additional info and facts about Baja California Peninsula) Baja California Peninsula.
		North of 30º north latitude, the Baja California desert transitions to the (additional info and facts about California chaparral and woodlands) California chaparral and woodlands.
		Although rainfall is low, the Pacific Ocean provides some humidity and moderates the temperature compared to the (A desert in southwestern Arizona) Sonoran desert, which lies on the east slope of the Peninsular Ranges.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/baja_california_desert.htm (253 words)

	Down into Baja California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Baja is always there on the map of the world - one of the oddest shapes; slender, twisted.
		It seems far away, but we sometimes forget its size, or that most of it is empty, and that it is not all dirt bikes and dune buggies and marlin fishing.
		In fact, I suspected that the Baja Peninsula was nothing how it was presented to us; that perhaps the images of grass-shacks and margaritas in kitschy cactus glasses were isolated to the far northern and southern cities - the places that we wouldn't be going to anyway.
	www.notesfromtheroad.com /desertmexico/desertmexicobaja.htm (118 words)

	AllRefer.com - Baja California, peninsula, Mexico, Mexico (Mexican Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Baja California or Lower California, peninsula, c.760 mi (1,220 km) long and from 30 to 150 mi (48–241 km) wide, NW Mexico, separating the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean.
		28° N into the state of Baja California in the north, and the state of Baja California Sur in the south.
		Baja California Sur is not economically prosperous, although tourism is developing rapidly, particularly around Los Cabos.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BajaCaPen.html (514 words)

	Sonoran Desert of Baja California - Los Cabos Guide
		Because the Baja California peninsula was once attached to western Mexico, the Sonoran Desert is found on both sides of the Sea of Cortez and most of Baja California is part of this desert.
		Temperatures vary along the Baja California peninsula, but as a rule, temperatures are higher as you travel south, the Pacific coast is cooler than the Gulf coast, and the lower the elevation, the higher the temperature.
		Desert soils are very low in organic matter, and because of the high rate of evaporation, they tend to have high concentrations of salts.
	www.loscabosrestaurantguide.com /desert.htm (1713 words)

	Tour By Mexico ® - Baja California Norte State --- 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Baja California is bounded on the north by the American States of California and Arizona; at the northeast tip by
		The climate of Baja California is hot and dry, but the state's geographical location, to the north of the Tropic of Cancer, gives it a well defined winter.
		In the desert and sandy zones to the south of Rosarito, the climate is very dry, extremely hot in summer, and the large temperature difference between day and night.
	www.tourbymexico.com /bcn/bcnpri.htm (270 words)

	Baja California Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Both Baja California and Baja California Sur have higher per-capita income than any of the other Mexican states with the exception of the Distrito Federal (the state that Mexico City is in).
		Baja’s growth is predicted to be slower however, because they are already having to play "catch-up" to the rest of Mexico.
		The original draft of the treaty included Baja California, but the US agreed with Mexico’s request to not cede Baja because their coast faced the state of Sonora and was only separated by a short distance of water.
	www.questconnect.org /baja_california.htm (4829 words)

	Baja and the Canyon that Told Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Baja, in a sense, is a symbol of Mexico's future.
		Perhaps Baja - lawless, separated, out-of-touch, is the way places should be; after all, Baja is Northern Mexico's most unregulated region, and is leading the way in development, despite years of near-abandonment from Mexico City.
		The state of Baja California is expected to benefit by the rise of Mr.
	www.notesfromtheroad.com /desertmexico/desertmexicobaja15guadalupe.htm (684 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Baja California desert (NA1301)
		This desert is one of the largest of best preserved in Mexico, and due to its isolation, contains a high level of species richness and endemism.
		The Baja California Desert ecoregion occurs on the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, and occupies most of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and Baja California Norte.
		The close relationship between animals and cacti in the Baja California Desert is recognized as an important ecological process for maintaining the diversity of both groups (Challenger 1998).
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1301_full.html (1204 words)

	Baja California desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Baja California desert is a Desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.
		North of 30º north latitude, the Baja California desert transitions to the California chaparral and woodlands.
		Although rainfall is low, the Pacific Ocean provides some humidity and moderates the temperature compared to the Sonoran desert, which lies on the east slope of the Peninsular Ranges.
	baja-california-desert.ask.dyndns.dk (153 words)

	Baja Highway : The Vizcaino Desert
		This is the most desolate region in Baja, thousands of square miles where rain is so scarce that vegetation has learned to get its moisture from the fogs that blow in from the Pacific.
		In the eastern desert, beyond the reach of the fog, life is stunted, scorched and sparse.
		Guerrero Negro, on the Pacific, and San Ignacio, on the Cortez side of the desert, are the only towns for a hundred miles large enough to have reliable stocks of groceries and gasoline.
	www.cabobob.com /04Vzcno/00Vzcno.htm (2169 words)

	The best Travel, Culture and Nature Books, Baja, Mexico
		The Roadside Geology and Biology of Baja California
		Longtime geologist and Baja "professional" John Minch respected and revered in many works such as the famouse Baja Sea Guide and his sons Edwin and Jason have put together a true travel guide for all of us.
		Into a Desert Place is his account of what he saw and learned on that second trip, and how he survived.
	www.jpsviewfinder.com /travel/country/baja/booksbaja.htm (2569 words)

	California Desert dot Gov - Your gateway to desert recreation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		There are 220 condors in existence, with 41 condors living in the wild in California, 37 in Arizona and 5 in Baja, and 137 in captivity at the Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
		The goal of the California Condor Recovery Plan is to establish two geographically separate populations, one in California and the other in Arizona, each with 150 birds and at least 15 breeding pairs.
		The focus of the condor recovery effort is the release of captive reared condors to the wild to ultimately establish self-sustaining populations.
	www.californiadesert.gov /fullnews.php?page=39 (781 words)

	Islands.com \| Baja Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Not all of isles bordering the 800-mile-long peninsula are in the Gulf of California.
		Other surfers and fishermen have explored the long coastline from the border all the way to Los Cabos at Baja’s southern tip for their own “secret spots,” but Baja’s real gems are the 200 or so cactus-studded islands scattered through the Gulf of California.
		Baja (and specifically, the Baja California Sur of Loreto, La Paz, and Los Cabos) is one of the featured destinations on Mexico’s official visitor’s guide.
	www.islands.com /baja (416 words)

	Baja California
		ollowing its "discovery" by Europeans in late 1533 or early 1534, the peninsula now named Baja California was visited by a variety of explorers and missionaries, few of whom found much to admire.
		Jesuit Father Johann Jakob Baegert, who spent 17 years in Baja as a missionary in the mid-1700s, described the peninsula in harsh terms, "Everything concerning [Baja] California is of such little importance that it is hardly worth the trouble to take a pen and write about it.
		Burrs with barbed thorns cover the ground; the very grass, wherever it grows, resents the touch with wasp-like stings that fester in the flesh; and poisonous weeds tempt the hungry animals with their verdure, producing craziness and death.
	www.baja-web.com /history/main-his.html (224 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Baja California desert (NA1301) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		And almost a quarter of all the plants in Baja California, from cacti that dominate the desert to thick-stemmed trees and shrubs in the rocky mountain soils, are found nowhere else on the planet.
		Many of the interesting features of Baja California desert ecoregion stem from the fact that this area has a steep and rugged terrain and is isolated from other similar ecosystems by its peninsular location.
		The ecoregion is considered to be fragile and is susceptible to cattle grazing and soil and water pollution from salt extraction.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1301.html (587 words)

	Baja California on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		U.S. forces occupied (1847-48) Baja California during the Mexican War, and William Walker attempted (1853-54) to wrest it from Mexico in his first disastrous filibustering expedition.
		In 1911 the area was the scene of an abortive uprising against Porfirio Díaz—the so-called desert revolution led by Ricardo Flores Magón, a liberal anarchist, who was a precursor of Francisco Madero and Emiliano Zapata.
		Baja for beginners: touring Hacienda Santa Veronica and Baja California, Mexico.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/BajaC1aP1en.asp (814 words)

	MULEGE, Baja California Sur, - BCS - Mexico, a real desert Oasis and Paradise; Fishing, adventuring, scuba diving, ...
		On September 14 of 1719 the first vessel built in the Californias was launched in the Bay of Santa Inés, with woods from the mountainous region of Mulege.
		This either/or proviso would seem to indicate that obtaining possession of Baja California was not a primary goal of the United States government.
		Perhaps the least known of all were the battles that took place in the Baja Peninsula, where the fighting was actually heavier than it was to the north.
	www.mulege.net (1709 words)

	BAJA DESERT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Baja California peninsula of Mexico lies in a subtropical zone where frosts seldom occur.
		So the desert is particularly lush and contains many types of plant that occur nowhere else in the world.
		Boojum trees (Cirio columnaris), which are almost endemic to the Baja California peninsula.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desbiome/bajacali.htm (121 words)

	Sunbelt Publications - www.sunbeltpub.com - california books, baja california, desert
		By 1986, she was supplying regional books to the major bookstore chains in southern California.
		Sunbelt now services more than 1,000 customers, mostly in southern California and Baja California, with 2,500 regional books and maps from approximately 150 publishers while our award-winning publishing program produces 5-10 new titles per year.
		We have come a long way in the 20 years since the idea of Sunbelt first emerged from doodles on a napkin, and the dream of publishing great books that could feed into an established distribution system is now a reality.
	www.sunbeltpub.com /index.cfm (303 words)

	Cryptic vicariance in the historical assembly of a Baja California Peninsular Desert biota -- Riddle et al. 97 (26): ...
		Cryptic vicariance in the historical assembly of a Baja California Peninsular Desert biota -- Riddle et al.
		Cryptic vicariance in the historical assembly of a Baja California Peninsular Desert biota
		Desert traditionally is treated as a subset of the neighboring
	www.pnas.org /cgi/content/full/97/26/14438 (3089 words)

	Books and Articles
		Also new in 2001 is a "Greatest Hits" map of the northern triangle of Baja California.
		BAJA FEVER - not a guidebook - is a delightful inlet into the lives and souls of Baja Californios, and the beautiful peninsula.
		While not dealing with Baja California, I found this book an interesting one in understanding the interactions of settlers and the government of Mexico, all of which eventually lead to the secession of Tejas from Mexico, war with the United States, and an immense loss of Mexican land to the United States.
	math.ucr.edu /ftm/bajaPages/Books.List.html (2737 words)

	★ Reviews of books about Baja California
		The Baja California Peninsula is a land of mystery and new discoveries.
		This will appeal to a wide audience with a regional interest in the Baja region, from travelers and natural history students to those who want an overview of the creatures to be found in Baja.
		This is for people who have never taken a biology or geology or ecology course in their life and aren't particularly observant when they walk outside in the desert or forests in the first place.
	mexico.vacationbookreview.com /Baja_California/Baja_California_8.html (2421 words)

	Baja california - Baja California Language College - Travel to Ensenada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Images of Baja California is a pictorial documentation of Dave Rogge and Doris Nerding's several recent explorations of Baja.
		Baja California is subdivided into five municipalities (municipios).
		Baja California Sur is one of the 31 States of Mexico, occupying the part of the Baja It is bordered to the north by the state of Baja California,
	blue-cross.allinfosites.com /q/blue-cross-baja-california.htm (684 words)

	San Felipe Baja California Mexico - About San Felipe Off Road Tours and Rentals for All Terrain Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		San Felipe Off Road is the culmination of over a decade of experience in guiding, exploring, pre-running and racing in the Baja California desert and mountains.
		We are committed to creating programs that will give anyone a chance to enjoy the beauty and challenges of the “Baja” no matter what their skill or experience level may be.
		Desert Van Tours are operating early morning, limited destinations.
	www.sanfelipeoffroad.com /about.htm (226 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Proposed Plan Amendments and Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report for the ...
		The proposed North Baja Pipeline project extends from Ehrenberg, Arizona through Riverside and Imperial Counties south to the Mexican border.
		FERC and the California State Lands Commission are jointly preparing an Environmental Impact Statement and an Environmental Impact Report (EIS/ EIR) that will analyze the environmental impacts of the proposed project.
		It crosses Interstate 8 at MP 75, then parallels the edge of sand dunes to its crossing of the All American Canal at MP 79.5 and its termination in Mexico at MP The combined United States and Mexico pipeline system is initially designed to carry 500 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2001/June/Day-05/i14078.htm (765 words)

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