Geography of Asia though the Middle East is a division of Asia. The demarcation between Asia and Africa is the isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea. The border with Europe starts with the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, even though Turkey in the Near East extends partly into the Aegean Islands and includes Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorus. On the north the boundary between the continents of Asia and Europe is commonly regarded as running through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea, the Ural River to its source,
Desert Shores, California Desert Shores, California Desert Shores (formerly Fish Springs) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, US. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is located at the western shore of the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, within the Colorado Desert ecoregion. It is west-northwest of Calipatria. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The population was 1,104 at the 2010 census, up from 792 in 2000. The 2010 United States Census reported that Desert Shores had a population of 1,104. The population