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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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butte
Natural environment; Deserts
A narrow flat-topped hill of resistant rock with very steep sides. Probably formerly a mesa.
Arizona upland desert
Natural environment; Deserts
That elevated portion of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona characterized by Saguaro Cactus.
Black Rock Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in northwestern Nevada just northeast of Pyramid Lake.
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.
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