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Imperial Valley

 

(Lower California Valley), lowlands in the United States and Mexico occupying an intermontane tectonic depression that is a continuation of the basin of the Gulf of California. The valley is filled by a thick layer of alluvial sediments from the Colorado River, which flows through the southern part of the valley. In the past the valley was often flooded by the waters of the Colorado, resulting in the formation of salt lakes—the Salton Sea (81 m below sea level) in the north and Laguna Salada in the west. The climate is dry and subtropical; the valley receives about 100 mm of precipitation annually. The vegetation is of the “woody” desert type and includes creosote bushes, large cacti, and arborescent yuccas. Some of the land between the Colorado River and the Salton Sea is irrigated; the principal crop is cotton.

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