The Sonoran Desert is a hot desert and ecoregion covering roughly 260,000 square kilometers across the Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California and Baja California Sur, and the southwestern United States in Arizona and California. It is often called the most tropical desert in North America for the density and diversity of its plant life, most famously the saguaro cactus. 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 saguaro is the signature plant of Saguaro National Park, which sits within the Sonoran Desert.
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The Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers parts of the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California).
- Biogeographic realm: nearctic (derived from location stated in entity description)
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Saguaro National Park is in the Sonoran Desert, which is the most biodiverse desert.
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The Sonoran Desert's own Wikipedia entry asserts, with an acknowledged caveat, that it may be the joint hottest desert on Earth, while noting possible contrary evidence exists.
What would resolve this A standardized comparative temperature survey across the world's hot deserts using one consistent measurement method and time period.
ClimatologySonoran Desert (Wikipedia)
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