- Sonoran Desert - Wikipedia
The Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California) It is the hottest desert in Mexico [3] It has an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi) In phytogeography, the
- Sonoran Desert | Map, Plants, Animals, Facts | Britannica
Sonoran Desert, arid region covering parts of southern California and western Arizona, U S , and parts of Sonora and Baja California, Mexico
- Sonoran Desert - Sonoran Desert Region
What is the Sonoran Desert Region? The region interpreted by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum consists of the Sonoran Desert itself and the included and adjacent habitats that influence its ecology and climate More specifically, it includes: Southern Arizona north to the Mogollon Rim The southeastern corner of California (roughly south of a line drawn from Needles to Palm Springs to San Diego
- The Sonoran Desert - U. S. National Park Service
The Sonoran Desert What is a desert? First, let's start with defining a desert Areas receiving less than 10 inches of rain a year used to be considered deserts, but that included areas that didn't look like deserts So now, to be considered a desert, the area receives less than 10 inches of rain and evaporates more than 10 inches of rain per year
- Sonoran Desert National Monument | Bureau of Land Management
The Sonoran Desert National Monument contains magnificent examples of untrammeled Sonoran Desert landscape The monument sits in the most biologically diverse of the North American deserts and captures a significant portion of that diversity The most striking aspect of the plant community in the monument is the extensive saguaro cactus forest
- Sonoran Desert - DesertUSA
The Sonoran Desert is an arid region covering approximately 100,000 square miles in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California, as well as most of Baja California and the western half of the state of Sonora, Mexico Subdivisions of this hot, dry region include the Colorado and Yuma deserts Irrigation has produced many fertile agricultural areas, including the Coachella and Imperial
- Sonoran Desert - New World Encyclopedia
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U S states of Arizona and California and the Mexican state of Sonora It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 120,000 square miles (311,000 km²) The desert contains an incredible array of unique plants and animals, such as
- The Sonoran Desert - Explore Sonora
The Sonoran Desert spans wide and varied terrain In Sonora, it stretches from rugged mountain ranges and sun-bleached plains to river valleys, estuaries, wetlands, and the rich coastal ecosystems along the Gulf of California
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