Río Tijuana
Río Tijuana ( English Tijuana River ) |
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The river in Tijuana |
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location | Baja California (Mexico), California (USA) | |
River system | Río Tijuana | |
source | in the Sierra de Juarez | |
muzzle | at Imperial Beach in the Pacific Coordinates: 32 ° 33 ′ 18 ″ N , 117 ° 7 ′ 41 ″ W 32 ° 33 ′ 18 ″ N , 117 ° 7 ′ 41 ″ W |
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length | 195 km | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Abelardo L. Rodríguez Dam |
The Río Tijuana ( English Tijuana River ) is a 195 kilometer long river in northern Lower California in Mexico and in the extreme south of the US state California . It flows into the Pacific on the southern border of California . The Tijuana River is dammed in the southeast of Tijuana by the Abelardo L. Rodríguez Dam , for irrigation and drinking water supply .
The Río Tijuana rises in the Sierra de Juárez in the Mexican state of Baja California about 70 kilometers from Ensenada . Then it flows through Tijuana about 8 kilometers from the Pacific. It then flows across the state line at San Ysidro , a district of San Diego , and reaches the Pacific Ocean 15 kilometers south of downtown San Diego at Imperial Beach .
Web links
Commons : Tijuana River - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
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San Diego State University (SDSU) Tijuana River Watershed website (English)
- SDSU Biological Field Station (English)
- S to Diego Earth Times: Tijuana River Controversy (English)
- NOAA: Tijuana River Reserve (English)
- San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex (English)