Title: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Wikipedia
Headings: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Contents
Geography
Blair Valley
Visiting
Flora and fauna
Desert bighorn sheep
Climate
Geology and paleontology
Geology
Fossils
Marine period
Terrestrial period
Native Americans
Park interpretive associations
Gallery
See also
References
Specific
Further reading
External links

Content: Desert bighorn sheep
Some areas are habitats for the desert bighorn sheep. Observers count this endangered species to study the population, and monitor its current decline from human encroachment. Climate
Anza-Borrego State Park has a hot desert climate ( BWh) with very hot, dry summers and short, cool winters. Climate data for Borrego Desert Park, CA
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °F (°C)
90
(32)
95
(35)
101
(38)
111
(44)
114
(46)
122
(50)
121
(49)
120
(49)
117
(47)
113
(45)
98
(37)
87
(31)
122
(50)
Average high °F (°C)
69.3
(20.7)
72.3
(22.4)
77.9
(25.5)
84.5
(29.2)
93.2
(34.0)
102.7
(39.3)
107.4
(41.9)
106.1
(41.2)
101.0
(38.3)
89.7
(32.1)
77.9
(25.5)
68.9
(20.5)
87.6
(30.9)
Average low °F (°C)
44.0
(6.7)
46.5
(8.1)
50.0
(10.0)
53.8
(12.1)
60.7
(15.9)
68.4
(20.2)
75.8
(24.3)
75.5
(24.2)
70.3
(21.3)
60.6
(15.9)
50.4
(10.2)
43.4
(6.3)
58.3
(14.6)
Record low °F (°C)
20
(−7)
24
(−4)
28
(−2)
28
(−2)
34
(1)
45
(7)
56
(13)
55
(13)
49
(9)
33
(1)
31
(−1)
23
(−5)
20
(−7)
Average precipitation inches (mm)
1.11
(28)
1.08
(27)
0.70
(18)
0.23
(5.8)
0.06
(1.5)
0.02
(0.51)
0.28
(7.1)
0.51
(13)
0.30
(7.6)
0.30
(7.6)
0.45
(11)
0.80
(20)
5.84
(147.11)
Average snowfall inches (cm)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0.1
(0.25)
0.1
(0.25)
Source: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca0983
Geology and paleontology
Panoramic view from Font's Point westward over Borrego Valley to the Laguna Mountains
The expanses of ABDSP's eroded badlands also provide a different view into the region's long-vanished tropical past. The inland of southeastern California was not always a desert. Paleontology, the study of the fossilized remains of ancient life, is the key to understanding this prehistoric world. ABDSP has an exceptional fossil record which includes preserved plants, a variety of invertebrate shells, animal tracks, and an array of bones and teeth. Most fossils found in ABDSP date from six million to under a half million years in age (the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs), or about 60 million years after the last dinosaur age ended. Geology
Anza-Borrego rock outcrop and flora
Agua Caliente Springs and valley towards south
ABDSP lies in a unique geologic setting along the western margin of the Salton Trough.