Sonoran Desert | Map, Plants, Animals, & Facts | Britannica
Sonoran Desert, arid region covering parts of southern California and western Arizona, U.S., and parts of Sonora and Baja California, Mexico.
Sonoran Desert - Wikipedia
The desert's sub-regions include the Colorado Desert of southeastern California; and the Yuma Desert east of the north-to-south section of the Colorado River in southwest Arizona. In the 1957 publication …
Sonoran Desert - Sonoran Desert Region
What is the Sonoran Desert Region? The region interpreted by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum consists of the Sonoran Desert itself and the included and adjacent habitats that influence its ecology …
Sonoran Desert Ecosystems – Rangeland Ecosystems of the ...
Sky Islands, Elevation, and Gradient of Biomes The Sky Island Region is about forty-five thousand square miles of sixty-five isolated mountain ranges rising up from the desert as a result of the …
Sonoran Desert Network Ecosystems - U.S. National Park Service
May 2, 2023 · The Sonoran Desert is composed of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks with widely varying ages, from 2 billion year-old Precambrian outcroppings in Arizona to relatively recent …
Sonoran Desert - All About America
Mar 5, 2025 · Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert, a vast and scorching desert spanning northwestern Mexican states including Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, and parts of the …
The Sonoran Desert: Oasis of Resilience | LAC Geo
Aug 17, 2025 · The Sonoran Desert faces significant conservation challenges in the 21st century. Urban development, particularly around Phoenix and Tucson, fragments habitat and introduces non-native …
SONORAN DESERT - Biological Diversity
The Sonoran Desert is the most biologically diverse of the four U.S. deserts. Covering 120,000 square miles of southwestern Arizona, southeastern California, and the Mexican states of Baja and Sonora, …