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Sierra de la Giganta is a mountain range in eastern Baja California Sur on the southern Baja California Peninsula in northwestern Mexico. Part of the larger Peninsular Ranges System, it runs along the peninsula’s southeastern side roughly parallel to the Gulf of California, extending from west of Loreto toward northwest of La Paz. Its highest point, Cerro de la Giganta near Loreto, reaches 3,858 feet, or 1,176 meters. The range is mostly dry shrubland shaped by the peninsula’s desert climate, with different desert ecoregions on its Pacific and gulf-facing slopes. Some stream valleys contain year-round water that supports palm oases and native plants needing steadier moisture.
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