The Colorado Plateau Desert is the third largest in North America behind the Great Basin and Chihuahuan Deserts.
No, but much of the agricultural land is water dependent and marginal at best without irrigation.Clarification:Much of western Colorado lies in what is known as the Colorado Plateau Desert. From about Grand Junction west to the Utah border is desert and semi-arid land.
The largest rivers and best known are the Rio Grande and the Colorado River.
The Mojave and the Sonoran (Colorado Desert)are the largest deserts in California.
Arizona has four major deserts: Chihuahuan Desert in the southeast Sonoran Desert in the central and west Colorado Plateau Desert in the northeast. Mojave Desert in the southwest
The southwest United States is the largest region of deserts in the United States. It contains the following: Great Basin Desert Chihuahuan Desert Sonoran Desert Mojave Desert (including Death Valley) Colorado Plateau Desert (including the Painted Desert)
The second largest desert entirely within the United States is the Colorado Plateau Desert. However, the Chihuahuan Desert is much larger but most of it occurs in Mexico.
the Colorado desert is in north America
Much of western Colorado is part of the Colorado Plateau Desert.
The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert on earth.The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert on earth.
There are main deserts in North America.Great Basin Desert - largest desert, mostly in NevadaMojave Desert - the hottest, mostly in SE CaliforniaChihuahuan Desert - 2nd largest, mostly in SW US and N MexicoSonoran Desert - SW US and NW MexicoPainted Desert - which is part of the Colorado Plateau DesertIn South America:Atacama DesertPatagonian DesertSechura Desert
The temperature in the Colorado desert can get very high. The average temperature of the desert in Colorado is 120 degrees Fahrenheit.