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The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur (El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in central and Pacific west coast, Central Gulf Coast subregion on east to southern tip), north through much of Baja California, excluding the central northwest mountains and Pacific west coast, through southeastern California and southwestern and southern ...
A cougar at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. This image shows the natural surroundings created for the animal enclosures. Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum interprets the complete natural history of a single region—the Sonoran Desert and adjacent ecosystems—with plants and animals from the region featured together in its exhibits.
The Casas Grandes tradition influenced over Sonoran Traditions. Evidence of human existence in the state dates back over 10,000 years, with some of the best known remains at the San Dieguito complex in the El Pinacate Desert. The first humans were nomadic hunter gatherers and used stone, seashell and wooden tools. [2] [3]
The Colorado Desert lies in the southeastern corner of the state, between the Colorado River and the Transverse Ranges, and continues into Mexico and Arizona to the south and east, (as the named Sonoran Desert). The Great Basin desert lies immediately to the east of the Sierra Nevada and extends eastward into the state of Nevada.
The Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Misiones jesuíticas en el desierto de Sonora) are a series of Jesuit Catholic religious outposts established by the Spanish Catholic Jesuits and other orders for religious conversions of the Pima and Tohono O'odham indigenous peoples residing in the Sonoran Desert.
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.
Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert (including Sonora and southern Arizona) On general missionary history: Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery; List of the oldest churches in Mexico; On colonial Spanish American history: Spanish colonization of the Americas; California mission clash of cultures
Sonoran Desert National Monument, sunset view Sonoran Desert National Monument is south of Goodyear and Buckeye and east of Gila Bend, Arizona.Created by Presidential proclamation on January 17, 2001, [2] the 496,400 acres (200,886 ha) [1] monument is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.