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Deserts
Terms in relation to a type of cimate that has high average temperature, low average annual rainfall, and very few vegetation.
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Deserts
Borrego Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
The portion of the Sonoran Desert area just west of the the Salton Trough of southeast California.
Cenozoic Era
Natural environment; Deserts
0 to 65 million years ago includes the Quaternary and Tertiary Periods.
Chihuahuan Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A small area of southeastern New Mexico and extreme western Texas, extending south into a vast area of Mexico.
Colorado Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
The California portion of the Sonoran Desert west of the Colorado River.
Escalante Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just west of Cedar Breaks in southwestern Utah.
Yuha Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
That portion of the Sonoran Desert between Ocotillo and El Centro, California, south across the Mexican border.
Yuma Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
That portion of the Sonoran Desert just east of the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona.
