Sonoran Desert

E13086

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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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Sonoran Desert canonical	202
Sonoran Desert region	20
Sonoran Desert ecosystem	10
Colorado Desert	7
Sonoran Desert ecoregion	3
Sonoran Desert landscape	2
Sonoran Desert scrub	2
Yuma Desert	2
California Sonoran Desert	1
Colorado Desert ecosystem	1
Northwestern Mexico	1
Sonora	1
Sonoran Desert (California portion)	1
Sonoran Desert (broad region)	1
Sonoran Desert (northern parts)	1
Sonoran Desert area	1

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 ⓘ Pinacate volcanic region ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Mojave Desert tortoise ⓘ surface form: desert tortoise javelina ⓘ roadrunner ⓘ
hasFlora	Carnegiea ⓘ surface form: Carnegiea gigantea Fouquieria splendens ⓘ Larrea tridentata ⓘ Carnegiea ⓘ surface form: Lophocereus schottii Palo verde ⓘ surface form: Parkinsonia microphylla
hasIndigenousPeoples	Seri ⓘ Tohono O'odham ⓘ Yaqui ⓘ
hasPart	Sonoran Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colorado Desert Baja California desert ⓘ surface form: Gran Desierto de Altar Pinacate volcanic region ⓘ Valle de los Cirios ⓘ Sonoran Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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, United States ⓘ surface form: California Mexico ⓘ Sonora ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States northwestern Mexico ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ
partOf	Basin and Range Province ⓘ North American deserts ⓘ

Referenced by (256)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mojave Desert → borderedBy → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

North America → hasMajorDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

western United States → hasPart → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Great Basin → borders → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Yuman language family → spokenIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwestern Mexico

Yuman language family → geographicDistribution → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonora

North American deserts → includes → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert

North American deserts → includes → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yuma Desert

Arizona → contains → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Phoenix → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Joshua Tree National Park → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert

Joshua Tree National Park → hasEcosystem → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert ecosystem

southwestern United States → contains → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern United States

Basin and Range Province → underlies → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Cahuilla people → indigenousTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert

Transverse Ranges → adjacentTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert

Maricopa people → culturalRegion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Salton Sea → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert

Sonoran Desert → hasPart → Sonoran Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert

Sonoran Desert → hasPart → Sonoran Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yuma Desert

Lower Colorado River region → borderedBy → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Americas → containsSubregion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Phoenix metropolitan area → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Scottsdale, Arizona → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Mesa, Arizona → partOf → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Peninsular Ranges → borderedBy → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Desert

Saguaro blossom → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Sonoran Desert

Saguaro blossom → associatedWith → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert ecosystem

Saguaro blossom → symbolOf → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Tucson → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Palo verde → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Coachella Valley → partOf → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Glendale, Arizona → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Tempe, Arizona, USA → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Tempe, Arizona

Yuman–Cochimí languages → region → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Imperial County → partOf → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Aridoamerica → extendsInto → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Sonora → containsDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Chandler → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Yuma, Arizona → geography → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Northern Mexico → hasPart → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Saguaro National Park → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Lake Mead → borderedBy → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

San Luis, Arizona, United States → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: San Luis, Arizona

Yuma County, Arizona → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Chihuahuan Desert → borderedBy → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Echinocactus → distributionRegion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Sonoran–Mojave transition zone → partOf → Sonoran Desert ⓘ