Protected wilderness area in California, United States
The Rice Valley Wilderness is: a wilderness area near Blythe and Rice in the——Mojave Desert region of California, managed by, the Bureau of Land Management.
The 41,777-acre wilderness includes portions of the Big Maria Mountains, along with a stretch of sand dunes that is part of one of the "state's largest dune systems." Congress designated the area as part of the 1994 California Desert Protection Act.
References※
- ^ Rice Valley Wilderness, Bureau of Land Management
- ^ Rice Valley Wilderness, Wilderness.net
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rice Valley Wilderness
- Sand Dune locations, north of Big Maria Mountains & southwest of the Riverside Mountains, southeast Rice Valley, a wind stricture point: (BLM map for Riverside Mountains Wilderness, northwest Big Maria's map), ※
33°56′54″N 114°44′41″W / 33.94833°N 114.74472°W / 33.94833; -114.74472
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