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Encyclopedia > Chihuahuan desert
Map of the Chihuahuan Desert. Satellite image from NASA. Ecoregion boundary based on World Wide Fund for Nature ecoregions. The US-Mexico border is shown as a black line.

The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border. On the U.S. side it occupies the valleys and basins of central and southern New Mexico, Texas west of the Pecos River and southeastern Arizona; south of the border, it covers the northern half of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, most of Coahuila, north-east portion of Durango, extreme northern portion of Zacatecas and small western portions of Nuevo León. It has an area of about 140,000 square miles (~362,600 km²). It is the third largest desert entirely within the Western Hemisphere and second largest in North America, after the Great Basin Desert.[1] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the American space agency. ... The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization for the conservation, research and restoration of the natural environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada. ... For the act of abandoning or withdrawing support from an entity, see desertion. ... The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Pecos River near Villanueva, New Mexico Pecos River near the Rio Grande Santa Rosa Lake and Dam on the Pecos River in Guadalupe County, New Mexico The Pecos River or Rio Pecos, as it is known in New Mexico, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, and flows for... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico) comprises 31 states (estados) and one federal district (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... For other uses, see Chihuahua (disambiguation). ... Coahuila (formal name: Coahuila de Zaragoza) is one of Mexicos 31 component states. ... This article is about the Mexican city. ... Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in northeastern Mexico. ... The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States, commonly defined as the contiguous watershed region, roughly between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, that has no natural outlet to the sea. ... 

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Vegetation

See: Agave, Creosote bush, Lechuguilla, Mesquite, Prickly pear, Sotol, Yucca, Grasses Species see text. ... Binomial name Larrea tridentata (Sessé & Moc. ... Known scientifically as Agave lecheguilla, it is found only in the Chihuahuan Desert, almost always on limestone. ... Species Many; see text. ... Species Many, see text Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family Cactaceae. ... Binomial name Dasylirion wheeleri S. Watson ex Rothrock Dasylirion wheeleri (Desert Spoon or Common Sotol) is a flowering plant native to arid environments of the southwestern United States, in Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas, and in northern Mexico, in Chihuahua and Sonora. ... Species many, see text Yucca filamentosa in New Zealand Yucca decipiens in Zacatecas, Mexico Joshua Trees growing in the Mojave Desert. ... Genera See: List of Poaceae genera The true grasses are monocot (class Liliopsida) plants of the family Poaceae (formerly Graminae). ...


See also

It has been suggested that Panther Pass be merged into this article or section. ... Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains of the southeastern corner of New Mexico (Eddy County). ... Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m) in elevation. ... Lechugilla plant, which the desert is named after The Lechuguilla Desert is a small desert located in southwestern Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Malpai Borderlands is a region, or areal feature, along the U.S.-Mexico border at the Arizona and New Mexico state line. ... For the fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum, see Sky Island Sky islands are mountains in ranges isolated by valleys in which other ecosystems are located. ... Map of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. ... White Sands National Monument is well-known for its fields of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. ...

References

  1. ^ Wright, John W. (ed.); Editors and reporters of The New York Times (2006). The New York Times Almanac, 2007, New York, New York: Penguin Books, 456. ISBN 0-14-303820-6. 

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Ad-Dahna · Alvord · Arabian · Aral Karakum · Atacama · Baja California · Barsuki · Betpak-Dala · Chalbi · Chihuahuan · Dasht-e Kavir · Dasht-e Lut · Dasht-e Margoh · Dasht-e Naomid · Gibson · Gobi · Great Basin · Great Sandy Desert · Great Victoria Desert · Kalahari · Karakum · Kyzylkum · Libyan · Little Sandy Desert · Mojave · Monte · Namib · Nefud · Negev · Nubian · Ordos · Owyhee · Patagonian · Qaidam · Registan · Rub' al Khali · Ryn-Peski · Sahara · Saryesik-Atyrau · Sechura · Simpson · Sonoran · Strzelecki · Syrian · Taklamakan · Tanami · Thar · Tihamah · Ustyurt For the act of abandoning or withdrawing support from an entity, see desertion. ... The ad-Dahna desert is the central division of the Arabian desert. ... The Alvord Desert is a desert in the southeastern part of the American state of Oregon. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Aral Karakum desert lies north of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan. ... Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a virtually rainless plateau in South America, extending 966 km (600 mi) between t It is created by the rain shadow of the Andes east of the desert. ... The Baja California desert is a Desert ecoregion of Mexicos Baja California Peninsula. ... Dasht-e Kavir desert: satellite photograph Dasht-e Kavir (دشت كوير in Persian), also known as Kavir-e Namak or Great Salt Desert is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian Plateau. ... As seen from space Dasht-e Lut is a large salt desert in southeastern Iran. ... A four wheel drive in the Gibson Desert The Gibson Desert is a Western Australian desert made up of sandhills and dry grass. ... The Gobi is a large desert region in northern China and southern Mongolia. ... Drainage map showing the Great Basin in orange Various Definitions of the Great Basin (NPS) The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. ... Location of deserts in Australia This article is about the Australian desert. ... The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid and sparsely populated desert ecoregion in southern Australia. ... “Kalahari” redirects here. ... For the desert in Kazakhstan, see Aral Karakum. ... The Kyzyl Kum (Uzbek: , Kazakh: ), also called Qyzylqum is the 11th largest desert in the world. ... The Little Sandy Desert is desert in Australia, located in Western Australia near the Great Sandy Desert. ... For the indigenous American tribe, see Mohave. ... The Monte Desert, is a South American desert, located within the country of Argentina. ... Dune 7, one of the highest sand dunes in the world (ca. ... The Nefud or An-Nafud is a desert area in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula, occupying a great oval depression; 180 mi (290 km) long and 140 mi (225 km) wide. ... Rock face in the Negev Desert near Beersheba on the way to Eilat. ... Fragment of Nubian Desert seen from space The Nubian Desert, is in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, it spans 407, 000 km2 or 157,000 square miles of northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea, at . ... Ordos Desert 1912 The Ordos Desert (Chinese: 鄂尔多斯沙漠; Pinyin: ÈěrduōsÄ« Shāmò) is a desert and steppe region lying on a plateau in the south of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Astronaut photography of the Patagonian Desert (most of the view) contrasted with the Limay River, seen flowing eastward from the Andes. ... Qaidam, also spelt Tsaidam, is an arid basin in Qinghai, western China. ... The Rub al Khali (الربع الخالي), or Empty Quarter, is the largest sand desert in the world, encompassing the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including southern Saudi Arabia, and areas of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. ... The Ryn Desert or Ryn-Peski Desert, is a desert in western Kazakhstan, north of the Caspian Sea and southeast of the Volga Upland. ... The Saryesik Atyrau Desert stretches for about 400 km south of Lake Balkhash in eastern Kazakhstan. ... The Sechura desert is a desert ecoregion of coastal Peru. ... Ted Colsons expedition across the Simpson Desert in 1936 The Simpson Desert occupies approximately 170,000 square kilometres of central Australia[1]. It is bounded to the west by the Finke River and Mabel Range, to the north by Adam Range, to the east by the Georgina and Diamantina... Map of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. ... Bore Track in the Strzelecki Desert, South Australia. ... Dust storm in Taklamakan Desert from space, June 25, 2005 The Taklamakan Desert (also Taklimakan) is a desert of Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia. ... A NASA satellite image of the Thar Desert, with the India-Pakistan border superimposed is found in canada, united states. ... Tihamah or Tihama (Arabic: []) is a narrow coastal region of Arabia on the Red Sea. ... The Ustyurt Plateau, Ustyurt also spelled Ust-Urt and Usturt (Kazakh: Ãœstirt, Turkmen: Ãœstyurt), is a central Asian plateau in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea. ...


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