Tijuana River

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The Tijuana River is a short, heavily urbanized and pollution-prone river that flows from northern Baja California, Mexico into Southern California, emptying into the Pacific Ocean near the U.S.–Mexico border.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
borderRegion San Diego–Tijuana
surface form: San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area
country Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
crossesBorderBetween Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
drainageBasinTo Pacific Ocean
emptiesNear Imperial Beach
surface form: Imperial Beach, California

Tijuana
surface form: Playas de Tijuana
environmentalIssue beach closures
habitat degradation
water quality impairment
flowsThrough San Diego County
Tijuana
hasEcosystem coastal estuary
hasEstuary Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
surface form: Tijuana River Estuary
hasIssue solid waste accumulation
stormwater runoff contamination
hasProtectedArea Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
surface form: Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
knownFor cross-border pollution issues
industrial pollution
sewage pollution
urbanization
lengthCharacteristic short river
locatedIn Baja California
California, United States
surface form: California

North America
managedBy International Boundary and Water Commission
mouthLocatedIn Imperial Beach
Pacific Ocean
U.S.–Mexico border
surface form: U.S.–Mexico border region
near Otay Mesa
surface form: Otay Mesa region

San Ysidro Port of Entry
partOf Tijuana River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tijuana River Watershed
region U.S.–Mexico border
surface form: U.S.–Mexico borderlands
sourceLocatedIn Baja California
surface form: northern Baja California
subjectOf binational environmental agreements
supportsSpecies endangered species habitat
migratory birds
tributary Arroyo Alamar
Cottonwood Creek
Tecate Creek
urbanCharacteristic heavily urbanized watershed
watershedArea Tijuana River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tijuana River Basin

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Tijuana locatedOnRiver Tijuana River
Rancho Tía Juana locatedIn Tijuana River
this entity surface form: Tijuana River Valley
Tijuana River partOf Tijuana River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tijuana River Watershed
Tijuana River watershedArea Tijuana River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tijuana River Basin
Zona Río, Tijuana traversedBy Tijuana River
this entity surface form: Río Tijuana
Zona Río, Tijuana namedAfter Tijuana River
this entity surface form: Río Tijuana
Tecate Creek partOf Tijuana River
this entity surface form: Tijuana River watershed
Tecate Creek tributaryOf Tijuana River