The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert ecoregion covering roughly 502,000 square kilometers of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, and is often described as the largest hot desert in North America. It spans both true hot desert and semi-arid steppe climate zones. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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.
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It lives in a region of the Chihuahuan Desert known as the Bolson de Mapimi, which is located in north-central Mexico.
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