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the western mountains block moist air from the Pacific Ocean
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Which parts of the US has mostly deserts and semiarid climate?
The southwestern states are mostly desert and semiarid land including the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Colorado.
What is the name and location of a hot and dry desert?
Sahara Desert - northern Africa Mojave Desert - southwestern United States Arabian Desert - Arabian Pennisula Sonoran Desert - southwestern United States and western Mexico Chihuahuan Desert - southwestern United States and central Mexico
Where is the Nambi Desert located in Africa?
The Namib Desert is located on the southwestern coast of Africa.
Where is the Mojab Desert?
There is no 'Mojab Desert.' There is, however, the Mojave Desert of Southern California, southern Nevada and southwestern Arizona.
What is the name of the desert that runs along Africa's southwestern coast?
The Namib Desert is a long, coastal desert that runs along Africa's southwest coast, from southern Angola through Namibia to the Olifants River in South Africa.Namibian Desert
Why doesn't desert exist in the southwestern United States?
All major desert regions of the United States are in the southwestern part of the country.
Why does a desert exist in the southeastern part of the US?
There are no deserts in th southeastern United States. Deserts are found in the southwestern region.
Why do desert areas exist in the southwestern US?
The Sierra Nevada Mountains form a boundary that prevents Pacific moisture from moving inland, causing a rain shadow desert area.
Name a desert in the southwestern US?
There are 5 deserts located in the southwestern U.S.: Mohave Desert Great Basin Desert Chihuahuan Desert Colorado Plateau Desert Sonoran Desert
What is the name of a desert in the southwestern US?
All these deserts are found in the southwestern United States: Great Basin Desert Chihuahuan Desert Sonoran Desert Mojave Desert Painted Desert
Which part of the US has mostly desert?
Much of the southwestern United States is desert.
Vast wasteland in southwestern US?
Mohave Desert
Where is a southwestern desert in the US?
There are five major deserts in the southwestern United States. These southwestern states have major desert areas.California Nevada Utah Arizona Colorado New Mexico Texas
Which part of the United States has mostly desert?
The Southwestern US.
Why does desert exist in the southwestern United states?
the western mountains block moist air from the pacific ocean
What is the climate of the southwest US?
The Southwestern US has a desert climate. It's very hot and dry.
Where in the US is there a desert climate?
Much of the southwestern part of the United States is desert including the states of:CaliforniaNevadaArizonaNew MexicoTexasUtahColorado
