Tijuana River
The Tijuana River is an intermittent river, 120 mi long, near the Pacific coast of northern Baja California state in northwestern Mexico and Southern California in the western United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Rio Tiajuana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve and Friendship Park.
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Nature reserve
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve is a natural reserve in Imperial Beach, California, and San Ysidro, San Diego. It encompasses the Tijuana River Estuary, located on the Mexico–United States border.
Friendship Park
Park
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Friendship Park is a binational park located along the United States-Mexico border in the San Diego–Tijuana region. Located within the larger Border Field State Park in California's San Diego County, the half-acre park includes the border fence dividing the two countries, where residents of both countries can meet in person.
Bullring by the Sea
Stadium
Photo: Philkon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Plaza Monumental de Tijuana, and popularly known in English as the Bullring by the Sea, is a bullring in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Its opening was held on June 26, 1960. Bullring by the Sea is situated 1½ miles south of Tijuana River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Imperial Beach and Egger Highlands.
Imperial Beach
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Imperial Beach is a beach city in San Diego County, California, United States, with a population of 26,137 as of the 2020 census. It is in the South Bay area of San Diego County, 14.1 miles south of downtown San Diego and 5 miles northwest of downtown Tijuana, Mexico.
Egger Highlands
Neighborhood
Egger Highlands is a residential neighborhood in the southern section of downtown San Diego, California. It neighbors Palm City and Nestor to the east, San Diego Bay to the north, Imperial Beach to the southwest and Chula Vista to the northeast. Egger Highlands is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tijuana River.
Playas
Playas de Tijuana is the beach neighborhood of Tijuana. It includes the Bullring by the Sea, and some decent restaurants, but is mostly residential. The beaches are considered inferior to nearby Rosarito and are not a big attraction.
Tijuana River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tijuana River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تيخوانا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tijuana”
- Belarusian: “Тыхуана”
- Catalan: “Tijuana”
- Cebuano: “Tia Juana River”
- Chinese: “蒂華納河”
- Chuvash: “Тихуана”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تيخوانا”
- French: “Tijuana”
- German: “Rio Tijuana”
- German: “Río Tijuana”
- German: “Tijuana River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Tijuana”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tijuana”
- Italian: “Tijuana (fiume)”
- Italian: “Tijuana”
- Russian: “Тихуана”
- Spanish: “Rio Tijuana”
- Spanish: “Río Tijuana”
- Venetian: “Tijuana”
- Welsh: “Afon Tijuana”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as International Border Friendship Park and Concepción.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oneonta Slough and Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge.
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