Mexicali Valley

E293272
agricultural region valley

Mexicali Valley is a major agricultural region in northern Baja California, Mexico, known for its extensive irrigated farmlands and proximity to the U.S.–Mexico border.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mexicali Valley canonical 7
Valle de Mexicali 2
Mexicali Valley region 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
administrativeDivision Baja California ⓘ
surface form: State of Baja California
agriculturalSystem intensive irrigated farming ⓘ
belongsTo northwest Mexico ⓘ
borders California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Imperial Valley ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
developedBy 20th-century irrigation projects ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
agro-industry ⓘ
exportsTo United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasBorderCrossingNearby Calexico–Mexicali border crossings ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern soil degradation ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
hasSettlementPattern dispersed rural communities ⓘ
historicalUse floodplain of the Colorado River ⓘ
irrigationInfrastructure canal network ⓘ
irrigationSource Colorado River ⓘ
irrigationType surface irrigation ⓘ
knownFor export-oriented agriculture ⓘ
extensive irrigated agriculture ⓘ
vegetable production ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Baja California ⓘ
Municipality of Mexicali ⓘ
surface form: Mexicali Municipality

northern Baja California ⓘ
locatedInDesert Sonoran Desert ⓘ
majorCity Mexicali ⓘ
near U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
partOf Colorado River Delta ⓘ
Mexicali metropolitan area ⓘ
produces alfalfa ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
forage crops ⓘ
grains ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
regionType cross-border agricultural basin ⓘ
soilType alluvial soils ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Time
transportInfrastructure highway network connecting to Mexicali ⓘ
rural roads for agricultural transport ⓘ
waterManagementIssue over-extraction of groundwater ⓘ
salinity ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Municipality of Mexicali → contains → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
Salton Trough → contains → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
Mexicali → locatedInRegion → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
Cocopah people → populationCenter → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
Imperial Valley → adjacentTo → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
New River → sourceLocation → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
Mexicali metropolitan area → hasPart → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valle de Mexicali
Mexicali metropolitan area → partOf → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexicali Valley region
Imperial Fault → near → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
Sierra de Juárez region → borders → Mexicali Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valle de Mexicali