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Map of North America highlighting the Sonoran Desert in orange, spanning parts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, with major country borders and the desert's location clearly labeled. Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Behold Saguaro National Park plant life. such as the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert
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Map of North America highlighting the Sonoran Desert in orange, spanning parts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, with major country borders and the desert's location clearly labeled.
Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert covers 120,000 square miles (310,800 square km), and its vegetation is the most diverse of all the North American deserts.

Sonoran Desert

desert, North America
Also known as: Desierto de Altar, Gran Desierto
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Sonoran Desert, arid region covering 120,000 square miles (310,800 square km) in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California, U.S., and including much of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, part of Baja California state, and the western half of the state of Sonora. Subdivisions of the hot, dry region include the Colorado and Yuma deserts. The Sonoran Desert has a subtropical climate and receives 3 to 15 inches (75 to 380 mm) of rain per...

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