TheYuha Desert is a section of theSonoran Desert located in theImperial Valley ofCalifornia, south ofInterstate 8, west ofEl Centro, and north of theinternational border.
Unique aspects of the Yuha Desert include the Oyster Shell Beds, De Anza Historical Monument, Crucifixion Thorn Natural Area (named after theCastela emoryi), and the Yuhageoglyph. It is the homeland of the Kamia, also spelledKumeyaay, and may have been used by other Native American groups such as theCahuilla,Quechan, andCocopahNative American people. TheJuan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail travels through the Yuha Desert.[1]
The Yuha Basin portion of the Yuha Desert is designated anArea of Critical Environmental Concern by theBureau of Land Management and is managed by the agency as a limited-use area for biologic and archaeological resource conservation.[2] The primary species of concern is theflat-tailed horned lizard. Off-highway vehicles are limited to signed routes to protect both the flat-tail horned lizard habitat and the archaeological resources including prehistoric campsites andlithic reduction sites along the former edges ofLake Cahuilla, as well as sites representing the use of the region within the historic era.[3]
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