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types in
North America. The five life
zones represented are the
Lower Sonoran,
Upper Sonoran, Transition, Canadian, and Hudsonian. This is
equivalent to traveling...
- The
Sonoran Desert (Spanish:
Desierto de Sonora) is a hot
desert and
ecoregion in
North America that
covers the
northwestern Mexican states of Sonora...
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lower 48
contiguous states,
California has the
greatest diversity in climate, terrain, and geology. The state's six life
zones are the
lower Sonoran (desert);...
- and terrain, the
state has six life
zones which are the
lower Sonoran Desert;
upper Sonoran (foothill
regions and some
coastal lands),
transition (coastal...
- the
Mojave the
Sonoran Desert spans both
sides of the
Colorado River. The
Lower Colorado River Valley is in the
western part of the
Sonoran Desert, which...
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characteristic plants, are as follows:
Lower Sonoran (low, hot desert):
creosote bush,
Joshua tree
Upper Sonoran (desert
steppe or chaparral): sagebrush...
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evergreen shrub of
riparian areas in the
lower Sonoran Desert and
surrounding areas. It is
common in the
lower Colorado River valley of California, Nevada...
- in the
ecotone (transition zone) of the
higher Mojave Desert to the
lower Sonoran Desert and its
Californian Colorado Desert ecoregions.[citation needed]...
- name
commemorates Clinton Hart Merriam. It is
found in the
Upper and
Lower Sonoran life
zones of the
southwestern United States, Baja California, and northern...
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older rock,
primarily schist.
Flora in this area is
typical of the
lower Sonoran Desert and
includes almost all
varieties of
Arizona cactus such as saguaro...
