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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.
Map of Colorado Colorado map of Köppen climate classification A digital elevation model relief map of Colorado. The geography of the U.S. State of Colorado is diverse, encompassing both rugged mountainous terrain, vast plains, desert lands, desert canyons, and mesas. Colorado is a landlocked U.S. state.
The Great Sand Dunes are located in the high elevation desert of the San Luis Valley at about 7,694 ft (2,345 m), just west of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The dunefield's Köppen climate classification type is cold semi-arid ( BSk ), [ 25 ] while the mountainous preserve's climate type is warm-summer humid continental ( Dfb ), at an average ...
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The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This plateau covers an area of 336,700 km 2 (130,000 mi 2 ) within western Colorado , northwestern New Mexico , southern and eastern Utah , northern Arizona , and a tiny fraction ...
Populated places in the Colorado Desert (16 C, 45 P) Protected areas of the Colorado Desert (5 C, 40 P) S. Salton Trough (2 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Colorado Desert"
The largest cold desert is the Great Basin Desert, which encompasses much of the northern Basin and Range Province, north of the Mojave Desert. Other cold deserts lie within the Columbia Plateau/Columbia Basin, the Snake River Plain, and the Colorado Plateau regions.
The Deserts of the Lower Colorado River Valley geographic area and Lower Colorado River section — are within the Southwestern United States and Northwest Mexico. The valley region runs from Hoover Dam, south to the Colorado River Delta at the Gulf of California,.