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Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes is the largest remaining dune system south of San Francisco and the second largest in the U.S. state of California. [1] It encompasses an 18-mile (29 km) stretch of coastline on the Central Coast of California and extends from southern San Luis Obispo County to northern Santa Barbara County .
The Algodones Dunes is a large sand dune field, or erg, located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of California, near the border with Arizona and the Mexican state of Baja California. The field is approximately 45 miles (72 km) long by 6 miles (9.7 km) wide and extends along a northwest-southeast line that correlates to the ...
Transition zone (back dunes) in Guadalupe. The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge is a 2,553-acre (10.33 km 2) protected area located along the Central Coast of California, in southern San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara Counties. [2]
The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes, looking south. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are located in the southern part of Eureka Valley.Although covering an area of only 3 square miles (7.8 km 2), the dunes rise approximately 680 feet (210 m) above the surrounding valley floor, making them one of the highest dune fields in North America. [1]
Dumont Dunes is an area of the Mojave Desert containing large sand dunes, located approximately 31 miles north of Baker, California on California State Route 127. Bordered by steep volcanic hills and the slow running Amargosa River , the region is easily recognized from a distance by its distinctive sand dunes.
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Cadiz Dunes Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Mojave Trails National Monument in San Bernardino County, California. Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management .
The Rice Valley Wilderness is a wilderness area near Blythe and Rice in the Mojave Desert region of California, managed by the Bureau of Land Management. [1] The 41,777-acre wilderness includes portions of the Big Maria Mountains, along with a stretch of sand dunes that is part of one of the state's largest dune systems. [1]