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Coachella Valley
The
Coachella Valley
(, ) is a
desert
valley in
Southern California
which extends for approximately in
Riverside County
southeast from the
San Bernardino Mountains
to the northern shore of the
Salton Sea
. It is the northernmost extent of the vast trough which includes the Salton Sea, the
Imperial Valley
and the
Gulf of California
. It is approximately wide along most of its length, bounded on the west by the
San Jacinto Mountains
and the
Santa Rosa Mountains
and on the north and east by the
Little San Bernardino Mountains
. The
San Andreas Fault
crosses the valley from the
Chocolate Mountains
in the southeast corner and along the centerline of the Little San Bernardinos. The fault is easily visible along its northern length as a strip of greenery against an otherwise bare mountain.
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