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    Sonoran Desert

    Desert in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States

    The Sonoran Desert 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. It is the hottest desert in both Mexico and the United States. It has an area of 260,000 square kilometers. In phytogeography, the Sonoran Desert is within the Sonoran floristic province of the Madrean Region of southwestern North America, part of the Holarctic realm of the northern Western Hemisphere. The desert contains a variety of unique endemic plants and animals, notably, the saguaro and organ pipe cactus. The Sonoran Desert is clearly distinct from nearby deserts because it provides subtropical warmth in winter and two seasons of rainfall. This creates an extreme contrast between aridity and moisture. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    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).
  3. desertmuseum.org

    Two visually dominant life forms of plants distinguish the Sonoran Desert from the other North American deserts: legume trees and columnar cacti. It also supports many other life forms encompassing a rich spectrum of some 2,000 species of plants. The amount and seasonality of rainfall are defining characteristics of the Sonoran Desert.
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  5. en.wikipedia.org

    The following are three major hot and dry deserts in North America, all located in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. [2]The Chihuahuan Desert is the largest hot desert in North America, located in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Its total area is 140,000 sq mi (360,000 km 2).; The Sonoran Desert is a desert located in the Southwestern United States and ...
  6. desertmuseum.org

    The North American Deserts. North America has four major deserts: Great Basin, Mohave, Chihuahuan and Sonoran. All but the Sonoran Desert have cold winters. Freezing temperatures are even more limiting to plant life than is aridity, so colder deserts are poorer in both species and life forms, especially succulents.
  7. britannica.com

    Jan 2, 2025The vegetation of the Sonoran is the most diverse of all the North American deserts. In addition to the saguaro cactus, the signature plant of the desert, common types include the barrel cactus, organ-pipe cactus, prickly pear, cholla, ocotillo, yucca, century plant, ironwood, palo verde, elephant tree, mesquite, and creosote bush; endemic to Baja California are the cardon (up to 60 feet [18 ...
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  8. worldatlas.com

    The Major Deserts Of The United States. There are four major deserts in the United States, collectively forming the North American Desert.Each of the Great Basin, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts are located in the Western United States, with the latter two dipping into significant portions of Mexico.They are categorized by having less than ten inches of precipitation in an average year.
  9. americansouthwest.net

    The Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona and the south-eastern tip of California has perhaps the most archetypal desert scenery in the Southwest, with vast flat plains and abundant cacti, especially the giant saguaro, which occurs most densely in Arizona towards the higher elevation reaches of the desert, between 1,500 and 3,500 feet.The desert is itself divided into subregions including the ...
  10. Jun 18, 2024The Desierto de Altar, located in the western Sonoran ecoregion, is one of the driest areas in North America. It endures drought periods lasting up to 30 months and receives less than 90 millimeters (3.5 inches) of annual rainfall. Flora and Fauna in Harmony Diverse Wildlife. The Sonoran Desert is home to diverse wildlife adapted to its harsh ...
  11. geography.name

    Encyclopedia of World Geography

    https://geography.name › sonoran-desert

    THE SONORAN DESERT, an arid region of western North America, covers an area of 120,000 square mi (311,000 square km) in southwestern ARIZONA and southeastern CALIFORNIA, most of Baja California, and the western half of the state of Sonora, MEXICO.. It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America and has two primary subdivisions, the Colorado and Yuma deserts.
  12. ecotenet.org

    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).

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