Mojave Desert
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The Mojave Desert is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the indigenous Mohave people, it is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, with small portions extending into Arizona and Utah.
Sand dunes in Death Valley
The Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) is endemic and exclusive to the Mojave Desert.
A powerful High Desert summer storm sweeps rapidly across the Mojave Desert.
Las Vegas is in the Mojave Desert.
Sonoran Desert
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The Sonoran Desert is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States. It is the hottest desert in both Mexico and the United States. It has an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi).
Saguaro National Park in Arizona
The Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona during winter.
Velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina)
Washingtonia filifera in Anza Borrego Desert State Park