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The Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It is the hottest desert in both Mexico and the United States. [3]
The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus, once included in Centruroides exilicauda) is a small light brown scorpion common to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. An adult male can reach 8 cm in length (3.14 inches), while a female is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of 7 cm (2.75 inches).
Geography of Arizona. Arizona is a landlocked state situated in the southwestern region of the United States of America. It has a vast and diverse geography famous for its deep canyons, high- and low-elevation deserts, numerous natural rock formations, and volcanic mountain ranges. Arizona shares land borders with Utah to the north, the Mexican ...
The 2021 Arizona wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of Arizona, United States. Wildfires across the state burned 524,428 acres (212,228 ha) of land in at least 1,773 fires throughout the state, [ 2 ] fueled in part by a drought, hot temperatures, and thunderstorms producing dry lightning .
Desert Yuma: 500+ N/A N/A N/A 1994 Goodwin Mesa Fire N/A N/A Desert / Juniper Pinyon Yavapai 150+ N/A N/A N/A 1995 Dynamite Fire Brush fire along the Verde River north of Rio Verde, Arizona. N/A Desert / River Maricopa 900 0 0 0 1995 Geronimo Fire [47] Brush fire in the Superstition Wilderness southeast of Apache Junction. Human Desert Pinal ...
The desert is about 120 miles (190 km) long by about 60 miles (100 km) wide, making it roughly 7,500 square miles (19,420 km 2) in area. [8] Bordering southwest and south is the Mogollon Plateau , and on the plateau's south border the Mogollon Rim , the north border of the Arizona transition zone .
The Gila monster is the largest extant lizard species native to North America north of the Mexican border. Its snout-to-vent length ranges from 26 to 36 cm (10 to 14 in). The tail is about 20% of the body size, and the largest specimens may reach 51 to 56 cm (20 to 22 in) in total length.
04-55000. GNIS feature ID. 44784. Website. www.phoenix.gov. Phoenix (/ ˈfiːnɪks / ⓘ FEE-niks[8][9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.