Sonoran Desert

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Sonoran Desert, Arizona

Behold Saguaro National Park plant life. such as the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert

permanent drought

Hear Rick Joy explain the concept of single-aperture view he used in designing a multibuilding residence in the Sonoran Desert

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Sonoran Desert: Media

desert, North America

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Behold Saguaro National Park plant life. such as the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert

Behold Saguaro National Park plant life. such as the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert

Learn about the saguaro cactus, a plant unique to the Sonoran Desert, as found in...

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Hear Rick Joy explain the concept of single-aperture view he used in designing a multibuilding residence in the Sonoran Desert

Hear Rick Joy explain the concept of single-aperture view he used in designing a multibuilding residence in the Sonoran Desert

Learn from Rick Joy about the concept of single-aperture view that he used in designing...

Video: Checkerboard Film Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Sonoran Desert

Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert covers 120,000 square miles (310,800 square km), and its vegetation...

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Sonoran Desert, Arizona

Sonoran Desert, Arizona

S. Michael Bisceglie/Animals Animals

permanent drought

permanent drought

Permanent drought in the Sonoran Desert, Mexico.

Tomas Castelazo

Elephant tree

Elephant tree

Elephant tree (Bursera microphylla) and cardon (Pachycereus) in...

© George Wuerthner

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