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These volcanic rocks are primarily exposed along the east and southeastern portion of the range, and are best viewed and easily accessed in the Painted Gorge area of the range (where multiple volcanic rock types of varying colors are exhibited, giving the area a gorgeous 'painted' appearance).
Fossil Canyon and Painted Gorge [ edit ] Fossil Canyon and the surrounding area near Ocotillo in the Coyote Mountains are great places for rock hounding and fossil hunting.
The Yuha Desert is a section of the Sonoran Desert located in the Imperial Valley of California; south of Interstate 8, west of El Centro, and north of the international border.
Agave deserti, a plant native to the Yuma Desert. Vegetation is dominated by the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), which is widespread.The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) and the ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) are common on the bajadas, while many of the desert trees found are restricted to dry watercourses; these include paloverde (Parkinsonia), the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis ...
Contained within the arms of the horseshoe is a large central valley with low rolling hills covered by dense stands of cholla and other cacti, ocotillo, and an occasional agave. Viewed from the west, the strikingly light, almost white, color of the granite peaks contrast sharply with the rich green creosote and cactus-covered bajadas .
The Algodones Dunes. The Colorado Desert is a subregion of the larger Sonoran Desert, [1] covering about 7 million acres (2.8 million ha; 28,000 km 2). [2] The desert occupies Imperial County, parts of San Diego and Riverside counties, and a small part of San Bernardino County in California, United States, [3] as well as the northern part of Mexicali Municipality in Baja California, Mexico.
Ajo Range, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Artillery Mountains above Alamo Lake Dragoon Mountains View of the Galiuro Mountains from San Manuel, Arizona Harquahala Mountains in spring, 2009 McDowell Mountains at sunset Low clouds on the Mohawk Mountains Navajo Mountain and Lake Powell, viewed from the north Eagle Eye Arch in the New Water ...
"Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness map" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2011 "Cholla Garden Wilderness Area photographs". Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009 "U.S. National Wilderness Preservation System Map". Wilderness.net.