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  2. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre (40 ha) zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, publisher, and art gallery founded in 1952. Located just west of Tucson, Arizona , it features two miles (3.2 km) of walking paths traversing 21 acres (8.5 ha) of desert landscape.

  3. List of museums in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Tucson: Pima: Southern: Natural history: Combined zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, features plants, animals, minerals and fossils of the Sonoran Desert: Arizona State Museum: Tucson: Pima: Southern: Ethnic – Native American: Includes Southwest Indian pottery, artifacts, exhibits of religion and ...

  4. Tohono Chul Park - Wikipedia

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    The words "tohono chul" translate as "desert corner" and are borrowed from the language of the Tohono O’odham, the indigenous people of southern Arizona. The mission of Tohono Chul is to connect people with the nature, art and culture of the Sonoran Desert region and to "inspir[e] wise stewardship of the natural world". [citation needed]

  5. Saguaro National Park - Wikipedia

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    Saguaro National Park is a national park of the United States in southeastern Arizona.The 92,000-acre (37,000 ha) park consists of two separate areas—the Tucson Mountain District (TMD), about 10 miles (16 km) west of Tucson, and the Rincon Mountain District (RMD), about 10 miles (16 km) east of the city.

  6. Tucson Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park ranges from an elevation of 2,180 to 4,687 ft (664 to 1,429 m) and contains 2 biotic communities, desert scrub, and desert grassland. Average annual precipitation is approximately 10.27 in (26.1 cm). Common wildlife include the coyote, Gambel's quail, and desert tortoise. [4]

  7. Mission Garden - Wikipedia

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    Mission Garden is a living agricultural museum near Sentinel Peak in Tucson, Arizona. Its adobe walls enclose four acres of heritage crops and heirloom trees that represent people who have lived in the Sonoran Desert over the past 4,000 years.

  8. Sonoran Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Sonoran Desert is home to the cultures of over 17 contemporary Native American tribes, with settlements at American Indian reservations in California and Arizona, as well as populations in Mexico. The largest city in the Sonoran Desert is Phoenix, Arizona, with a 2017 metropolitan population of about 4.7 million. [15]

  9. Ironwood Forest National Monument - Wikipedia

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    Ironwood Forest National Monument is located in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Created by Bill Clinton by Presidential Proclamation 7320 on June 9, 2000, the monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management , an agency within the United States Department of the Interior .

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