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2. Sonoran Desert - Wikipedia

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   The Sonoran Desert ( Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion 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 both Mexico and the United States. [ 3]

3. Sonoran Desert National Monument - Wikipedia

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   Sonoran Desert National Monument protects but a small portion of the Sonoran Desert, which is 120,000 square miles (311,000 km 2 ), and extends well into California and the country of Mexico. The North Maricopa Mountains, South Maricopa Mountains and the Table Top Wildernesses protect the richest regions of desert habitat from development.

4. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre (40 ha) zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, publisher, and art gallery founded in 1952. Located just west of Tucson, Arizona, it features two miles (3.2 km) of walking paths traversing 21 acres (8.5 ha) of desert landscape. It is one of the most visited attractions in Southern ...

5. Flora of the Sonoran Desert - Wikipedia

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   The Colorado Desert is the low area of the Colorado River Valley and surrounding hills and mountains. Plants must survive its hot and dry conditions. [ 2]: 7 Temperatures can be greater than 120 °F (49 °C). [ 2]: 7 Annual precipitation is sometimes less than 3 inches (7.6 cm). [ 2]: 7 Density of vegetation gradually diminishes moving from the ...

6. Saguaro - Wikipedia

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   Cereus giganteus Engelm. Pilocereus engelmannii Lem. The saguaro ( / səˈ ( ɡ) wɑːroʊ / sə-(G)WAH-roh, [ 5] Spanish: [saˈɣwaɾo]; Carnegiea gigantea) is a tree-like cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea that can grow to be over 12 meters (40 feet) tall. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora ...

7. List of birds of the Sonoran Desert - Wikipedia

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   Exclusive in Sonoran Desert, Summer Range, (includes the Colorado River Valley, the Grand Canyon, and S Nevada). Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti, (–Sonoran Desert–) Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata [1] Permanent breeding range, (but ranges E to Texas, and also Summer ranges to very S Oregon, very S Idaho).

8. Ironwood Forest National Monument - Wikipedia

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   Ironwood Forest National Monument is located in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Created by Bill Clinton by Presidential Proclamation 7320 on June 9, 2000, the monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. The monument covers 129,055 acres (52,227 ha), [ 2] of which 59,573 ...

9. List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers - Wikipedia

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   Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: Desert Wildflower Blooms — homepage, with focus article links. Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: The Desert in Bloom; Sonoran Desert Florilegium Program — homepage: botanical illustrations. Desert USA: Desert Wildflower Field Guide — Wildflower pictures sorted by Color