Baja California Desert

The Baja California desert is a desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. This ecoregion occupies the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, and occupies most of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and Baja California. It covers 77,700 square kilometers. The climate is dry, but its proximity of the Pacific Ocean provides humidit…
The Baja California desert is a desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. This ecoregion occupies the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, and occupies most of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and Baja California. It covers 77,700 square kilometers. The climate is dry, but its proximity of the Pacific Ocean provides humidity and moderates the temperature. The flora mostly consists of xeric shrubs and over 500 species of recorded vascular plants.
  • Realm: Nearctic
  • Biome: Deserts and xeric shrublands
  • Borders: California coastal sage and chaparral · Gulf of California xeric scrub · Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir pine–oak forests · Sonoran Desert
  • Area: 76,296 km² (29,458 sq mi)
  • Country: Mexico
  • States: Baja California · Baja California Sur
  • Conservation status: Relatively stable/intact

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