List of North American deserts
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This is a list of North American deserts. There are five major desert biomes in North America, all located in the southwestern United States (and western United States), or in many sections of Mexico. Among their notable features are the Madrean sky islands of the southeastern Sonoran desert; and the northern mountain ranges of Mexico, the Sierra Madre Occidentals. Canada is home to a few small "deserts" such as the one at Osoyoos[citation needed]. Another "desert" near Carcross, Yukon is commonly called a desert, but is not a true desert, but an area of northern sand dunes.[1]
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- Western Canada
- Carcross Desert, Small "desert" in the Yukon, only 2.6 kilometers across. It has cold winters and very hot summers. Too humid to be a true desert.
- Nk'mip Desert, Small pocket desert in British Columbia, Canada. One of Canada's only "true" hot deserts.
- Channeled Scablands, Desert in Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington State
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Trans-Pecos Desert, W and SW Texas
- Colorado Plateau
- Great Basin
- Mojave Desert
- Painted Desert
- Sonoran Desert
- W: Colorado Desert
- W: Low Desert–So. Calif
- Lechuguilla Desert
- Tule Desert (Arizona)
- Yuma Desert
- Yuha Desert, Imperial Valley, California
- Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico
- Baja California
- Baja California Desert
- Vizcaíno Desert
- Tehuacn Desert
- Mohave Desert
- DoDo Desert
- Toiletti' Desert
- Red Desert (Wyoming)
