This is a list of North American deserts. There are four major deserts A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Deserts are defined as areas with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimetres per year, or as areas where more water is lost by evapotranspiration than falls as precipitation. In the Köppen[1][2] in North America North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast, all located in the western United States The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West or simply "the West," traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time. Prior to about 1800, the crest of the Appalachian and northern Mexico In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory, which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain which would eventually become Mexico. These are:
- The Great Basin Desert The Great Basin is the largest watershed of North America which does not drain to an ocean. Water within the Great Basin evaporates since outward flow is blocked . The basin extends into Mexico and covers most of Nevada and over half of Utah, as well as parts of California, Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming. The majority of the watershed is in the North – the largest desert in North America, located primarily in Nevada Nevada is the seventh-largest state in area, and geographically covers the Mojave Desert in the south to the Great Basin in the north. It is the most arid state in the Union. Approximately 86% of the state's land is owned by the U.S federal government under various jurisdictions both civilian and military. As of 2008, there were about 2.6 million
- The Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States. Named after the Mohave tribe of Native Americans, it is a typical Basin and Range topography – the hottest desert in North America, located primarily in southeastern California California's geography ranges from the Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, to Mojave desert areas in the southeast and the Redwood–Douglas fir forests of the northwest. The center of the state is dominated by the Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world. California is the most
- The Chihuahuan Desert The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border in the central and northern portions of the Mexican Plateau, bordered on the west by the extensive Sierra Madre Occidental range, and overlaying northern portions of the east range, the Sierra Madre Oriental. On the U.S. side it occupies the valleys and basins of central and – the second largest desert in North America, located in the southwest US and northern Mexico
- The Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 311,000 square – a desert located in the southwest US and northwest Mexico
Additionally, there are smaller deserts within the Columbia Plateau The Columbia Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It is a wide flood basalt plateau between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, cut through by the Columbia River. In one of its various usages, the term "Columbia Basin" refers to more or less the/Columbia Basin The Columbia Basin, the drainage basin of the Columbia River, occupies a large area–about 673,396 square kilometres —of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In common usage, the term often refers to a smaller area, generally the portion of the drainage basin that lies within eastern Washington, the Snake River Plain The Snake River Plain is a geologic feature located primarily within the state of Idaho in the United States of America. It stretches about 400 miles westward from northwest of the state of Wyoming to the Idaho-Oregon border. The plain is a wide flat bow-shaped depression, and covers about a quarter of Idaho. Three major buttes dot the plain east, and the Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. The province covers an area of 337,000 km² within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southern and eastern Utah, and northern Arizona. About 9 regions.
Canada The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three is home to a few small "deserts" such as the Nk'mip Desert The Okanagan Desert is the common name for an arid area located in the South Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, primarily around Osoyoos Lake. The area, which is technically shrub steppe, has been defined as the Osoyoos Arid Biotic Zone. Summer temperatures in the area of Osoyoos Lake regularly exceed 38˚C , and portions of the area, which is actually shrub steppe Shrub-steppe is a type of low rainfall natural grassland. Shrub-steppes are distinguishable from deserts, which are too dry to support a noticeable cover of perennial grasses or other shrubs, while the shrub-steppe has sufficient moisture levels to support a cover of perennial grasses and/or shrubs. Rainfall is less than 180 mm or 7" per year. Another "desert Carcross Desert, located outside Carcross, Yukon, Canada (60°11′14″N 134°41′41″W / 60.18722°N 134.69472°W " near Carcross, Yukon Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, is an unincorporated community in the Territory of Yukon, Canada on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It has a population of 431 and is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation is commonly called a desert, but it is not a true desert, rather an area of northern sand dunes.[3]
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- Western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada generally including all parts of Canada west of the province of Ontario. The West is considered by many to be a cultural region with an identity separate from that of the rest of Canada. The special cultural, political, and economic
- Carcross Desert Carcross Desert, located outside Carcross, Yukon, Canada (60°11′14″N 134°41′41″W / 60.18722°N 134.69472°W , small "desert" in the Yukon The territory was created in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's most recent update of the Yukon Act in 2003 confirmed "Yukon", rather than "Yukon Territory", as the current usage standard, only 2.6 kilometers across. It has cold winters and very hot summers. Too humid to be a true desert.
- Fraser Canyon The Fraser Canyon is a stretch of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley. Colloquially, the term "Fraser Canyon" is often used to include the Thompson Canyon from Lytton to Ashcroft, since they form the same - the landscape of the Fraser Canyon is severely arid from just south of Lytton upstream as far as the city of Williams Lake Williams Lake, colloquially as "Willy's Puddle", is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo, it is the largest urban centre between Kamloops and Prince George. The population is 10,744.
- Thompson Country The Thompson Country, also referred to as The Thompson and in some ways as the Thompson Valley and historically known as the Couteau Country or Couteau District, is a historic geographic region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, based around the basin of the Thompson River, a tributary of the Fraser and focused on the city of Kamloops - the southern Thompson Country, comprising the immediate banks of the Thompson River The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada. The Thompson River has two main branches called the South Thompson and the North Thompson. The river was named by Fraser River explorer, Simon Fraser, in honour of his friend, Columbia Basin explorer David between the city of Kamloops Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly referred to as the Thompson Country. It and the village of Lytton Lytton in British Columbia sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser. The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years, has a range of desert-like terrain and climates.
- Carberry sandhills, or Spirit Sands, in Spruce Woods Provincial Park Spruce Woods Provincial Park is located in south-central Manitoba, Canada. This park has large sand dunes and the Assiniboine River passes through it, Manitoba. Not a true desert, but the sandy remnant of a glacial river delta.
- Nk'mip Desert The Okanagan Desert is the common name for an arid area located in the South Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, primarily around Osoyoos Lake. The area, which is technically shrub steppe, has been defined as the Osoyoos Arid Biotic Zone. Summer temperatures in the area of Osoyoos Lake regularly exceed 38˚C , and portions of the area, small arid area in British Columbia, Canada. Claimed to be Canada's only "true" hot desert, but actually shrub steppe Shrub-steppe is a type of low rainfall natural grassland. Shrub-steppes are distinguishable from deserts, which are too dry to support a noticeable cover of perennial grasses or other shrubs, while the shrub-steppe has sufficient moisture levels to support a cover of perennial grasses and/or shrubs. Rainfall is less than 180 mm or 7" per year and, like other "deserts" in BC, is a northward extension of the Columbia Plateau (ecoregion) The Columbia Plateau ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, with small areas over the Washington state border in Idaho. The ecoregion extends across a wide swath of the Columbia River Basin from The Dalles, Oregon to Lewiston, Idaho to Okanogan,.
- Much of the Columbia Plateau (ecoregion) The Columbia Plateau ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, with small areas over the Washington state border in Idaho. The ecoregion extends across a wide swath of the Columbia River Basin from The Dalles, Oregon to Lewiston, Idaho to Okanogan, is desert, such as the
- Channeled Scablands The Channeled Scablands are a unique geological erosion feature in the U.S. state of Washington. They were created by the cataclysmic Missoula Floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Plateau during the Pleistocene epoch. Geologist J Harlen Bretz coined the term in a series of papers in the 1920s. Debate, a desert in the Columbia Basin The Columbia Basin, the drainage basin of the Columbia River, occupies a large area–about 673,396 square kilometres —of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In common usage, the term often refers to a smaller area, generally the portion of the drainage basin that lies within eastern Washington of eastern Washington Washington (pronounced /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/ ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the forty-second state in 1889
- Most of the Snake River Plain (ecoregion) is sagebrush steppe The sagebrush steppe is a kind of shrub-steppe, a dry environment found in the western United States and Canada. It can be identified by the sagebrush, shrubs, and short bunch grasses that grow in it. Its name comes from the most dominant plant found in the ecosystem and "steppe," which describes a largely treeless, dry, level grassland, but barren lava fields A lava plain, also called a lava field or lava bed, is a large expanse of nearly flat-lying lava flows. Such features are generally composed of highly-fluid basalt lava, and can extend for tens or even hundreds of miles across the underlying terrain. The extent of large lava fields is most readily grasped from the air or in satellite photos, where form small deserts, such as
- Craters of the Moon National Monument Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a national monument and national preserve located in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho, U.S.A. It is along US 20 , between the small cities of Arco and Carey, at an average elevation of 5,900 feet (1,800 m) above sea level. The protected area's features are volcanic and represent one of in Idaho Idaho is a mostly mountainous state, with an area larger than all of New England. It is landlocked, surrounded by the states of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and the Canadian Province of British Columbia. However, the network of dams and locks on the Columbia River and Snake River make the city of Lewiston the farthest inland
- The Wyoming Basin (ecoregion) is dominated by arid grasslands Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. In temperate latitudes, such as northwest Europe and the Great Plains and and shrub steppe Shrub-steppe is a type of low rainfall natural grassland. Shrub-steppes are distinguishable from deserts, which are too dry to support a noticeable cover of perennial grasses or other shrubs, while the shrub-steppe has sufficient moisture levels to support a cover of perennial grasses and/or shrubs. Rainfall is less than 180 mm or 7" per year, but also contains the
- The Great Basin The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds of North America and is noted for its arid conditions and Basin and Range topography that varies from the North American lowpoint at Badwater Basin to—less than 100 miles away—the contiguous United States highpoint at the Mount Whitney summit. The watershed spans several is dominated by sagebrush steppe The sagebrush steppe is a kind of shrub-steppe, a dry environment found in the western United States and Canada. It can be identified by the sagebrush, shrubs, and short bunch grasses that grow in it. Its name comes from the most dominant plant found in the ecosystem and "steppe," which describes a largely treeless, dry, level grassland, but contains the
- Alvord Desert The Alvord Desert is a desert located in Harney County, in southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It is roughly southeast of Steens Mountain. The Alvord Desert is a 12-by-7-mile dry lake bed and averages 7 inches (180 mm) of rain a year. Two mountain ranges separate it from the Pacific Ocean—the Coast Range, and the Cascade Mountains, a dry lake Dry lakes are an ephemeral lakebed, generally extending to the shore, or a remnant of an endorheic lake. Such flats consist of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Dry lakes may be known as alkali flats, sabkhas, playas or mud flats. If the surface is primarily salt then they are called salt pans, pans, hardpan, salt lakes or salt in eastern Oregon The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely populated and agriculturally productive region of the state, and is home to eight of the ten most populous cities. Oregon's 2000 population was about 3.5 million, a 20.3% increase over 1990; it is estimated to have reached 3.8 million by 2008. Oregon's largest for-profit
- Owyhee Desert The Owyhee Desert is an arid region of canyons, volcanic rock, sagebrush and grass, approximately 14,000 sq mi in area, in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It is located on the south edge of the Columbia Plateau southwest of Boise, Idaho, stretching east from the Santa Rosa Range with a mean, in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho Idaho is a mostly mountainous state, with an area larger than all of New England. It is landlocked, surrounded by the states of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and the Canadian Province of British Columbia. However, the network of dams and locks on the Columbia River and Snake River make the city of Lewiston the farthest inland and southeastern Oregon
- Yp Desert, a portion of the Owyhee Desert in Idaho
- Black Rock Desert, a dry lake bed in northwestern Nevada
- Smoke Creek Desert, a southern extension of the Black Rock Desert
- Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah
- Tule Desert (Nevada)
- Amargosa Desert, in western Nevada, just east of
- Death Valley, in California (also considered part of the Mojave Desert)
- The Colorado Plateau is dominated by pinyon-juniper woodlands, but contains desert areas such as the
- Mojave Desert
- Death Valley, California (also considered part of the Great Basin)
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Trans-Pecos Desert, west Texas
- White Sands, unusual gypsum dune field in New Mexico
- Sonoran Desert
- Lower Colorado Desert, California and Arizona
- Low Desert of Southern California
- Yuha Desert, Imperial Valley, California
- Lechuguilla Desert, southwest Arizona
- Tule Desert (Arizona) and Sonora
- Yuma Desert, , southwest Arizona
- Low Desert of Southern California
- Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico
- Baja California Desert, Mexico
- Vizcaíno Desert, central Baja California
- Lower Colorado Desert, California and Arizona
See also
- North American Deserts in List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)
- North American Deserts in List of ecoregions in North America (CEC)
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
- List of deserts
- Desert of Maine
References
- ^ North American Deserts at NPS
- ^ North American desert biomes at Rutgers University
- ^ Northern dunes, not deserts
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