Colorado Desert
The Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert located in California, United States, and Baja California, Mexico. It encompasses approximately 7 million acres, including the heavily irrigated Coachella, Imperial and Mexicali valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mesquite Mine.
Mesquite Mine
Mine
The Mesquite Mine, operated by Equinox Gold, is located near Glamis, Imperial County, California. It is one of the largest gold mines in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glamis.
Glamis
Hamlet
Photo: Photosport19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glamis is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. It is located 22 miles northeast of Holtville, at an elevation of 335 feet. Glamis also mispronounced as, is one of a series of former Southern Pacific railroad stops along the eastern edge…
Colorado Desert
- Type: Desert
- Description: desert in California, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Imperial County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33° northLongitude
-115° or 115° westOpen location code
85572222+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 11254512313OpenStreetMap feature
natural=desertWikidata ID
Q267267
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Colorado Desert” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صحراء كولورادو”
- Asturian: “desierto de Colorado”
- Azerbaijani: “Kolorado”
- Basque: “Coloradoko basamortua”
- Belarusian: “Каларада”
- Belarusian: “Пустыня Каларада”
- Bulgarian: “Колорадо”
- Catalan: “Desert de Colorado”
- Catalan: “Desert del Colorado”
- Chinese: “科罗拉多沙漠”
- Danish: “Coloradoørkenen”
- Dutch: “Coloradowoestijn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا كولورادو”
- Esperanto: “Kolorada Dezerto”
- Finnish: “Coloradon aavikko”
- French: “désert du Colorado”
- French: “Désert du Colorado”
- German: “Colorado-Wüste”
- Hebrew: “מדבר קולורדו”
- Indonesian: “Gurun Colorado”
- Italian: “deserto del Colorado”
- Italian: “Deserto del Colorado”
- Japanese: “コロラド砂漠”
- Korean: “콜로라도 사막”
- Malayalam: “കൊളറാഡോ മരുഭൂമി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Coloradoørkenen”
- Norwegian: “Coloradoørkenen”
- Polish: “Colorado Desert”
- Polish: “pustynia Kolorado”
- Portuguese: “Deserto do Colorado”
- Russian: “Колорадо”
- Russian: “пустыня Колорадо”
- Serbian: “Колорадо”
- Serbian: “Пустиња Колорадо”
- Slovak: “Coloradská púšť”
- Spanish: “Desierto del Colorado”
- Swedish: “Coloradoöknen”
- Turkish: “Colorado Çölü”
- Turkish: “Kolorado Çölü”
- Ukrainian: “Колорадо (пустеля)”
- Ukrainian: “Колорадо”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ruthven and Imperial Gables.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mesquite Mine and Brokaws Ridge.
Imperial County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into El Centro, Calexico, Calipatria, and Imperial.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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