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  Learn more about Sonoran desert in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Learn more about Sonoran desert in the online encyclopedia.
The Sonoran desert is a desert situated in Arizona, California and Mexico.
It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 120,000 square miles (311,000 square kilometres).
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/so/sonoran_desert.html   (166 words)

  
 Sonoran Desert - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Sonoran Desert (sometimes also called Gila Desert after Gila River) is a North American desert which straddles part of the U.S.-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the Mexican state of Sonora.
It is bounded on the west by the Peninsular Ranges, which separate it from the California chaparral and woodlands and Baja California desert ecoregions of the Pacific slope.
The Sonoran-Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest marks the transition from the Sonoran Desert to the tropical dry forests of Sinaloa.
voyager.in /Sonoran_Desert   (370 words)

  
 Bufo alvarius Toads for sale. Sonoran Desert, Colorado River Toad. : Bouncing Bear Botanicals
This is the legendary, rare and powerfully mysterious Sonoran Desert Toad.
Bufo alvarius is nocturnal and escapes the tremendous desert heat by remaining underground, emerging at night to congregate in wet areas near streams and lakes and irrigated fields.
The Sonoran Desert Toad is the largest North American toad, attaining a body length of up to 7 inches.
www.bouncingbearbotanicals.com /colorado-river-toad-p-368.html   (174 words)

  
 A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert is a monumental work, accessible to amateurs and professionals alike; it is a must for anyone planning to visit the deserts of southwestern United States."
Put together by the museum's exceptional academic and curatorial staff, Natural History is a storybook, a field guide, a lay geology, paleontology, and human ecology textbook, and a handy encyclopedia - and it reads as enjoyable as fiction."
"It is heartening to read a no-nonsense and comprehensive description of the natural history of the Sonoran Desert.
www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd.html   (535 words)

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