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.

Tempe → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Hohokam culture → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Surprise → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Cactus wren → foundIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Carnegiea → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

South Mountain → ecosystem → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Fort Yuma Indian Reservation → locatedInEcoregion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

South Mountain Park and Preserve → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Yuman peoples → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert region

lower Gila River → flowsThrough → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Piipaash → traditionalRegion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert region

Loreto, Baja California → locatedInEcoregion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Loreto, Baja California Sur

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert region

Pima people → traditionalRegion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Gila River → flowsInRegion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Maricopa → culturalRegion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Santa Rosa Mountains → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Salt River → crosses → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion → borders → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Sonoran pronghorn → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge → ecosystem → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert ecosystem

Valle de los Cirios → isPartOf → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert region

Sonoran Desert National Monument → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Sonoran Desert National Monument → hasEcosystemType → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert ecosystem

Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona → region → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Tohono O'odham → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Tucson, Arizona, United States → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Larrea tridentata → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge → ecosystem → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert ecosystem

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument → hasEcosystemType → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert ecosystem

Pinacate volcanic region → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Fouquieria splendens → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Sonoran Desert toad → nativeTo → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Peoria, Arizona → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Taliesin West → designedForClimate → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Taliesin West → setting → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

WestWorld of Scottsdale → region → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers → routeCrossed → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Pinal County, Arizona → contains → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

McDowell Sonoran Preserve → partOf → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

McDowell Sonoran Preserve → hasEcosystem → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert ecosystem

Indigenous peoples of the Southwest → traditionalRegion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Gambel's quail → foundIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

southeastern Arizona → locatedIn → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Arizona

this entity surface form: Sonoran Desert region

southeastern Arizona → hasEcoregion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Arizona

Tonto National Forest (partial) → ecosystemType → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Tonto National Forest

San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora → locatedInDesert → Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Whitewater River (California) → ecoregion → Sonoran Desert ⓘ