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Imperial Valley

American  

noun

  1. an irrigated agricultural region in SE California, adjacent to Mexico, formerly a part of the Colorado Desert: it is largely below sea level and contains the Salton Sink.


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In the Imperial Valley, colleges created training programs in response to a promised lithium industry.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The campaign was led by Gregory Bovino, a veteran Border Patrol chief who normally presided over a remote stretch of sand and scrub deep in the state’s Imperial Valley.

From Salon Apr. 15, 2026

Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing wants to develop a 950,000-square-foot facility in the county that would be among the largest data centers in California.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2026

Abatti, 63, owns a large farming operation in the Imperial Valley, growing crops including sugar beets, alfalfa and melons.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Oh-My-God Hot Springs is gone now, too, bulldozed and plugged with concrete by order of the Imperial Valley Health Commission.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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