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The Chihuahuan Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Chihuahua, Desierto Chihuahuense) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
30 Δεκ 2022 · The Chihuahuan Desert is one of the most biologically diverse deserts on Earth, with a high level of endemic species compared to most arid areas. Plant life consists of brush and grasses that thrive in sandy or arid soil, such as creosote, acacia, mesquite, and tarbush.
The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At 103 million km 2 (40 million sq mi), it is the largest tectonic plate. [ 2 ] The plate first came into existence as a microplate 190 million years ago, at the triple junction between the Farallon, Phoenix, and Izanagi Plates.
The Chihuahuan Desert, long a corridor for trade between Mexico City and Santa Fe, New Mexico, is now home to five million people. The Rio Grande basin covers 172,000 square miles, crossing three U.S. states, more than a dozen Native American nations and five Mexican states.
4 Μαρ 2017 · The Chihuahuan Desert is the largest desert in North America. The Chihuahuan Desert extends far beyond our own borders. The desert spans the northern states of Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico and extends north into Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona — a region bigger than the state of California.
27 Αυγ 2024 · Chihuahua, city, capital of Chihuahua estado (state), northern Mexico. The city lies at an elevation of about 4,800 feet (1,460 meters) in a valley of the Sierra Madre Occidental at the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert.
18 Αυγ 2022 · Here, the region's prehistoric people built a thriving city – rooted in ancient desert traditions, and connected to cultures far afield. Located near the modern city of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Paquime is surrounded by Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and volcanic hills and mountains.
