Baja Desert
LocationMexico
Area143,000 km2
ContinentNorth America
TypeSubtropical
About Baja Desert
The Baja California peninsula desert. Boojum trees look like upside-down carrots. The cardon cactus is the tallest cactus species at 20 m. Gray whales calve in the lagoons.
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