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The Sonoran Desert
Scant rainfall, low humidity, and sparse vegetation characterize deserts.
When most people imagine what a desert looks like, the deserts they may envision are miles of sand dunes, cow skulls, an occasional saguaro cactus, and a delusional, ragged man searching for water.
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While some deserts actually do have miles of sand dunes and the occasional cow skull and delusional person, this image is not entirely true. Deserts have immense diversity: each desert has it's own unique species and environments.
There are four great deserts located on the North American Continent: the Mojave, the Chihuahuan, the Great Basin, and the Sonoran.
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Of these four deserts, the Sonoran Desert is the most rich in species of plants and animals, and a broad diversity of environments.
The Sonoran Desert covers 120,000 square miles encompassing southwestern Arizona, the State of Sonora, Mexico, most of the Baja peninsula, and southeastern California.
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Although, most of the Sonoran Desert is low in elevation and comprised of 2,500 species of desert vegetation, this region also includes pine and fir forest covered mountains and offshore islands.
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