| Tijuana River Spanish: Río Tijuana | |
|---|---|
 Dam on the Tijuana River in Mexico. | |
 Map of the Tijuana River basin | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico, United States |
| State | Baja California, California |
| District | San Diego County (California) |
| Municipalities | Ensenada, Tijuana, Tecate, San Ysidro (Baja California) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sierra de Juárez |
| • location | Municipality of Ensenada |
| • elevation | 614 ft (187 m) |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Imperial Beach |
• coordinates | 32°33′06″N 117°07′38″W / 32.5517°N 117.1271°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 120 mi (190 km) |
| Basin size | 1,750 sq mi (4,500 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge |
| • average | 42.5 cu ft/s (1.20 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 33,500 cu ft/s (950 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Arroyo de las Palmas |
The Tijuana River (Spanish: Río Tijuana) is an intermittent river, 120 mi (195 km) long, near the Pacific coast of northern Baja California state in northwestern Mexico and Southern California in the western United States. The river is heavily polluted with raw sewage from the city of Tijuana, Mexico.