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North American deserts
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List of North American deserts
This
list of North American deserts
identifies areas of the continent which receive less than annual precipitation. The "North American Desert" is also the term for a large
U.S. Level 1 ecoregion (EPA)
of the
North American Cordillera
, in the
Deserts and xeric shrublands
biome
(WWF). The continent's deserts are largely between the
Rocky Mountains
and
Sierra Madre Oriental
on the east, and the
rain shadow
-creating
Sierra Nevada
,
Transverse
, and
Peninsular Ranges
on the west. The North American xeric region of over includes: 3 major deserts; numerous smaller deserts; and large non-desert arid regions; in the
western United States
and in
northeast
, central, and
northwest Mexico
.
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