Sonoran Desert

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biome desert ecoregion

The Sonoran Desert is a vast, hot North American desert spanning parts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, renowned for its biodiversity and iconic saguaro cacti.

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Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biome → desert → ecoregion →
adjacentTo	Gulf of California →
biomeType	subtropical desert →
borders	Chihuahuan Desert → Colorado Plateau → Mojave Desert → Sierra Madre Occidental →
climate	hot desert climate →
containsProtectedArea	Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge → El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve → Kofa National Wildlife Refuge → Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument → Saguaro National Park → Sonoran Desert National Monument →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico → United States →
crossedBy	Colorado River →
hasClimateFeature	high summer temperatures → mild winters → summer monsoon rains → winter frontal rains →
hasFauna	Gila monster → Harris's hawk → Sonoran Desert toad → Sonoran pronghorn → coyote → desert bighorn sheep → desert tortoise → javelina → roadrunner →
hasFlora	Carnegiea gigantea → Fouquieria splendens → Larrea tridentata → Lophocereus schottii → Parkinsonia microphylla →
hasIndigenousPeoples	Seri → Tohono O'odham → Yaqui →
hasPart	Colorado Desert → Gran Desierto de Altar → Pinacate volcanic region → Valle de los Cirios → Yuma Desert →
knownFor	Gila monster → Sonoran Desert toad → bimodal rainfall pattern → creosote bush → desert tortoise → high biodiversity → ocotillo → organ pipe cactus → palo verde trees → saguaro cactus →
locatedIn	Arizona → Baja California → Baja California Sur → California → Mexico → Sonora → United States → northwestern Mexico → southwestern United States →
partOf	Basin and Range Province → North American deserts →

Referenced by (85)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hohokam culture → Joshua Tree National Park ("Colorado Desert") → Phoenix metropolitan area → Pinacate volcanic region → Saguaro National Park → Salton Sea ("Colorado Desert") → San Luis, Arizona → Santa Rosa Mountains → Scottsdale, Arizona → South Mountain Park and Preserve → Tohono O'odham → Tucson, Arizona, United States →	locatedIn
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge → Chandler → Glendale, Arizona → Kofa National Wildlife Refuge → Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument → Phoenix → Sonoran Desert National Monument → Surprise → Tempe → Tempe, Arizona → Tucson → Yuma County, Arizona →	locatedInDesert
Carnegiea → Fouquieria splendens → Larrea tridentata → Palo verde → Saguaro blossom → Saguaro blossom ("California Sonoran Desert") → Sonoran Desert toad → Sonoran pronghorn → Yuman peoples ("Sonoran Desert region") →	nativeTo
Chihuahuan Desert → Lake Mead → Lower Colorado River region → Mojave Desert → Peninsular Ranges ("Colorado Desert") →	borderedBy
Northern Mexico → Sonoran Desert ("Colorado Desert") → Sonoran Desert ("Yuma Desert") → western United States →	hasPart
Coachella Valley → Imperial County → Mesa, Arizona → Sonoran–Mojave transition zone →	partOf
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge ("Sonoran Desert ecosystem") → Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ("Sonoran Desert ecosystem") → South Mountain →	ecosystem
North American deserts → North American deserts ("Colorado Desert") → North American deserts ("Yuma Desert") →	includes
California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion → Great Basin →	borders
Arizona → Southwestern United States →	contains
Maricopa → Maricopa people →	culturalRegion
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument ("Sonoran Desert ecosystem") → Sonoran Desert National Monument ("Sonoran Desert ecosystem") →	hasEcosystemType
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation → Loreto, Baja California Sur ("Sonoran Desert region") →	locatedInEcoregion
Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona → Yuman–Cochimí languages →	region
Piipaash ("Sonoran Desert region") → Pima people →	traditionalRegion
Transverse Ranges ("Colorado Desert") →	adjacentTo
Saguaro blossom ("Sonoran Desert ecosystem") →	associatedWith
Sonora →	containsDesert
Americas →	containsSubregion
Salt River →	crosses
Echinocactus →	distributionRegion
Aridoamerica →	extendsInto
Gila River →	flowsInRegion
lower Gila River →	flowsThrough
Cactus wren →	foundIn
Yuman language family ("Sonora") →	geographicDistribution
Yuma, Arizona →	geography
Joshua Tree National Park ("Colorado Desert ecosystem") →	hasEcosystem
North America →	hasMajorDesert
Cahuilla people ("Colorado Desert") →	indigenousTo
Valle de los Cirios ("Sonoran Desert region") →	isPartOf
Yuman language family ("Northwestern Mexico") →	spokenIn
Saguaro blossom →	symbolOf
Basin and Range Province →	underlies