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Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve

California · CA

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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. It is divided into two primary parts: Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge on the north, and Border Field State Park in the south, but several other also jurisdictions own land within the Reserve boundary.

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