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  2. Category:Deserts of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Deserts of Texas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chihuahuan Desert; T.

  3. List of North American deserts - Wikipedia

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    The Sonoran Desert is a desert located in the Southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. It is the second largest hot desert in North America. Its total area is 120,000 sq mi (310,000 km 2). The Mojave Desert is the hottest desert in North America, located primarily in southeastern California and Southern Nevada.

  4. Chihuahuan Desert - Wikipedia

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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. It occupies much of far West Texas , the middle to lower Rio Grande Valley and the lower Pecos Valley in New Mexico , and a portion of southeastern Arizona , as ...

  5. Geography of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The most complex Natural Region, it includes Sand Hills, the Stockton Plateau, desert valleys, wooded mountain slopes and desert grasslands. The Basin and Range Province is in West Texas, west of the Pecos River, beginning with the Davis Mountains on the east and the Rio Grande to its west and south. The Trans-Pecos region is the only part of ...

  6. List of ecoregions in North America (CEC) - Wikipedia

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    All of these cold deserts experience about 100–300 mm of precipitation in a year indicating a semi-arid climate. The warm deserts of North America include The Mojave Basin and Range, the Sonoran desert, and the Chihuahuan desert. These areas have a tropical desert climate, and are known as the hottest and driest place on the continent.

  7. List of mammals of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Topographic map of Texas. This is a list of mammals of Texas. Mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Texas are listed first. Introduced mammals, whether intentional or unintentional, are listed separately. The varying geography of Texas, the second largest state, provides a large variety of habitats for mammals.

  8. West Texas - Wikipedia

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    West Texas is often subdivided according to distinct physiographic features. The portion of West Texas that lies west of the Pecos River is often called "Far West Texas" or the "Trans-Pecos", a term introduced in 1887 by geologist Robert T. Hill. [4] The Trans-Pecos lies within the Chihuahuan Desert and is the aridest part of the state.

  9. List of ecoregions in the United States (WWF) - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of ecoregions in the United States as identified by the World Wide ... Chihuahuan Desert: Texas: Nearctic: Deserts and xeric shrublands ...