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San Diego National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in California. It is part of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex. A variety of habitats from coastal sage scrub and chaparral to oak woodland and freshwater marsh describe this inland refuge in San Diego 's backcountry. [1]
The Living Coast Discovery Center is a zoo and public aquarium in Chula Vista, California. An environmental education center, it is located in the Sweetwater Marsh Unit of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Permanent displays at the Living Coast focus on native animals and plants found in Southern California and San Diego Bay.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation maintains over 270 protected areas, which include almost one-third of California's scenic coastline, including coastal wetlands, estuaries, beaches, and dune systems. The state parks system covers 1.3 million acres (5,300 km 2), with over 280 miles (450 km) of coastline, 625 miles (1,006 km) of ...
The Sweetwater River is a 55-mile (89 km) long stream in San Diego County, California. From its headwaters high in the Cuyamaca Mountains, the river flows generally southwest, first through rugged hinterlands but then into the urban areas surrounding its mouth at San Diego Bay. Its drainage basin covers more than 230 square miles (600 km 2 ...
San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port in San Diego County, California, near the Mexico-US border. The bay, which is 12 miles (19 km) long and 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) wide, is the third largest of the three large, protected natural bays on California's 840 miles (1,350 km) of coastline, after San Francisco Bay and Humboldt Bay .
Nature preserve areas in South Bay include San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Otay Mountain Wilderness, Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Tijuana River Estuary is located on the southern coast of South Bay.
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex. San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. Skaggs Island Naval Communication Station. Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Sutter National Wildlife Refuge.
Egg (Devil's Slide) Rock to Devil's Slide Special Closure, San Mateo County. Redwood Shores State Marine Park, San Mateo County. Bair Island State Marine Park, San Mateo County. Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area, Santa Cruz County. Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area, Santa Cruz County.