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Indio Hills Palms
Indio Hills Palms Park Property and the Coachella Valley Preserve, located in the Indio Hills, contain the Thousand Palms Oasis and are a protected area in the Coachella Valley, located east of Palm Springs, California, Palm Springs near Palm Desert, California. The Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge is contained within the Coachella Valley Preserve, and all are in the Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert and adjacent to the Lower Colorado River Valley region. California Fan Palm oasis The Indio Hills Palms Park Property is managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. ThCoachella Valley Preserve a 2,206-acre (8.93 km2) area, is maintained by the non-profit Nature Conservancy and is one of the few in the desert with an oasis fed by natural Spring (hydrosphere), springs that supports the only California native plants, California native palm, the ''Washingtonia filifera'', or California Fan Palm. The San Andreas Fault, visible from the valley floo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indio Hills
The Indio Hills are a low mountain range in the Colorado Desert. located in Riverside County, California's Coachella Valley. The hills were named for their proximity to the city of Indio, and are sometimes referred to as the Indio Mud Hills or Indio Sand Hills. Geology The Indio Hills are located in the Coachella Valley along the San Andreas Fault. The hills have natural springs along the fault. These support native California Fan Palm (''Washingtonia filifera'') oases habitats. Geographic Features Peaks *Edom Hill, , : Located near Thousand Palms, Edom Hill is one of the highest peaks in the range. The prominence of the hill within the Coachella Valley has made it a chosen location for numerous communication towers. *Flat Top Mountain, , *Squaw Hill, , : A promontory overlooking the Thousand Palms Oasis. Canyons *Pushawalla Canyon, *Thousand Palms Canyon, Oases *Biskra Palms, : Named in honor of Biskra, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered ort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |