Which US states have deserts?

Answer 1

Chihuahuan Desert

A small area of southeastern New Mexico and extreme western Texas, extending south into a vast area of Mexico.

Great Basin Desert

The northern three-quarters of Nevada, western and southern Utah, to the southern third of Idaho and the southeastern corner of Oregon. According to some, it also includes small portions of western Colorado and southwestern Wyoming. Bordered on the south by the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.

Mojave Desert

A portion of southern Nevada, extreme southwestern Utah and of eastern California, north of the Sonoran Desert.

Sonoran Desert

A relatively small region of extreme south-central California and most of the southern half of Arizona, east to almost the New Mexico line.

B: ALL THE DESERTS IN THE WORLD Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctic, Middle East, North Pole, North America, South America. By Charlotte Hodges

The southwesten United States' most famous desert is the Mojave (pronounced 'mo-HAW-vee'). Portions of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts were legally ceded to the US from Mexico as part of the Gadsden Purchase.

Clarification:

The five principal deserts of the United States are:

Great Basin Desert

Chihuahuan Desert

Sonoran Desert (Includes the Colorado Desert)

Mojave Desert (includes Death Valley)

Colorado Plateau Desert (includes the Painted Desert)

Answer 2

Deserts can be found in the following:

• In Africa are the Blue Desert, Libyan Desert, Kalahari Desert, Namib Desert, Nubian Desert, Sahara Desert, Sinai Desert, and White Desert.
• The Antarctica Desert is the largest tundra desert in the world.
• The Arctic Desert and Russian Arctic are tundra deserts.
• In Asia are the Betpak Dala in Kazakhstan, the Cholistan in India and Pakistan, the Gobi in Mongolia and China, Kara Kum the Central Asian Desert, Kyzyl Kum in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Lop Desert, Ordos, and Taklamakan in China, Thar Desert in Pakistan and India.
• Australia has the Gibson Desert, Great Salty Desert, the Great Victoria, the Simpson, Tanami, Strzelecki and the Little Sandy Deserts.
• New Zealand has the Rangipo on the North Island Volcanic Plateau.
• In the Middle East, there is Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, Dasht-e Kavir of Iran, Dasht-e Lut Salt Desert in Iran, the Maranjab in Iran, the Judean Desert of Israel and the West Bank, the Negev in Israel, the Ramalat al-Sab 'atayn in Yemen, and the Wahiba Sands in Oman.
• In North America, there is the Great Basin Desert in Nevada, the Mojave in California, the Chihuahaun in New Mexico, and the Sonoran in the US and Mexico.
• In South America, there is the Atacama of Chile and Peru, the La Guajira Desert in Columbia, the Monte Desert of Argentina, the Patagonia in Chile and Argentina, the Peruvian Desert of Peru and Chile, and the Sechura along the coast of Chile.

Answer 3

The FIVE major deserts of North America are:
Great Basin Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Colorado Plateau Desert
Sonoran Desert
Mojave Desert

The FIVE major deserts of North America are:

Great Basin Desert

Chihuahuan Desert

Colorado Plateau Desert

Sonoran Desert

Mojave Desert

Answer 4

CALIFORNIA (extreme South East Region)

Arizona (The entire Southern region of the state from Camp Verde, AZ down to the Mexico Border) Temperatures here reach well over 115 degrees F in the summer time

NEVADA (Las Vegas and surrounding region) Northern Nevada is not Desert

St. George, UTAH is the only area in Utah with Desert, as it borders Arizona and Nevada 20 miles away.

NEW MEXICO - (parts of south western New Mexico) Albuquerque and down is desert, nothing like Arizona though.

Answer 5

The major deserts of the United States are:

Great Basin Desert

Chihuahuan Desert

Sonoran Desert

Mojave Desert

Colorado Plateau Desert

In addition, there are some minor areas of desert in a few other states in the western states.

Answer 6

Tropical deserts occur between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricon so do not occur within the continental United States. However, the Chihuahuan Desert and the Sonoran Desert both extend south of the United Staes into the tropics.

Answer 7

Major Desert Areas in the United States
California - Parts of the Mojave, Sonoran and Great Basin Deserts
Arizona - Sonoran, Mojave, Colorado Plateau Deserts
New Mexico - Chihuahuan and Colorado Plateau Desert
Nevada - Most of the state is covered by the Great Basin Desert and a small part of the Mojave Desert
Texas - Far west Texas has a part of the Chihuahuan Desert
Utah - Large parts covered by Great Basin and Colorado Plateau and a small portion of the Mojave
Colorado - Colorado Plateau Desert

Answer 8

The following are the major deserts found in the United States:
1.) Mojave Desert (includes Death Valley)
2.) Great Basin Desert
3.) Chihuahuan Desert
4.) Sonoran Desert (includes the Colorado Desert)
5.) Colorado Plateau Desert (includes the Painted Desert)

Answer 9

The FIVE major deserts of North America are:
Great Basin Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Colorado Plateau Desert
Sonoran Desert
Mojave Desert

Answer 10

The FIVE major deserts of North America are:

Great Basin Desert

Chihuahuan Desert

Colorado Plateau Desert

Sonoran Desert

Mojave Desert