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Chihuahuan Desert, the Glossary

The Chihuahuan Desert (Desierto de Chihuahua, Desierto Chihuahuense) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.^[1]

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Agave lechuguilla

Agave lechuguilla (common name in Chihuahua: lechuguilla, meaning "small lettuce") is an Agave species found only in the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Agave victoriae-reginae, the Queen Victoria agave or royal agave, is a small species of succulent flowering perennial plant, noted for its streaks of white on sculptured geometrical leaves, and popular as an ornamental.

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Alamogordo, New Mexico

Alamogordo is the seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, Burque, and the Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Alpine, Texas

Alpine is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States.

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Aristida purpurea

Aristida purpurea is a species of grass native to North America which is known by the common name purple three-awn.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. Chihuahuan Desert and Arizona are southwestern United States.

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Arizona Mountains forests

The Arizona Mountains forests are a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of the southwest United States with a rich variety of woodland habitats and wildlife. Chihuahuan Desert and Arizona Mountains forests are ecoregions of the United States.

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Benson, Arizona

Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

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Big Bend National Park

Big Bend National Park is an American national park located in West Texas, bordering Mexico.

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Big Bend Ranch State Park

Big Bend Ranch State Park is a state park located on the Rio Grande in Brewster and Presidio counties, Texas.

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Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in two separate sections in central Chaves County, New Mexico, United States, a few miles northeast of the city of Roswell.

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Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge ("Woodland of the Apache") is a National Wildlife Refuge located in southern New Mexico.

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Bouteloua breviseta

Bouteloua breviseta is a species of grass known by the common names gypsum grama and chino grama.

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Bouteloua curtipendula

Bouteloua curtipendula, commonly known as sideoats grama, is a perennial, short prairie grass that is native throughout the temperate and tropical Western Hemisphere, from Canada south to Argentina.

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Bouteloua eriopoda

Bouteloua eriopoda, commonly known as black grama, is a perennial prairie grass that is native to the Southwestern United States.

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Bouteloua gracilis

Bouteloua gracilis, the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season (C4) perennial grass, native to North America.

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Bouteloua hirsuta

Bouteloua hirsuta, commonly known as hairy grama, is a perennial short prairie grass that is native throughout much of North America, including the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies region, as well as Mexico and Guatemala.

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Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (Buenos Aires NWR) provides of habitat for threatened and endangered plants and animals.

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Cañón de Santa Elena Flora and Fauna Protection Area

The Cañón de Santa Elena Flora and Fauna Protection Area (Spanish: Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Cañón de Santa Elena) is a protected area for plants and wildlife in the Mexican municipalities of Manuel Benavides and Ojinaga, in the state of Chihuahua.

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Cañon de Fernández State Park

Cañon de Fernandez State Park is a natural protected area in the northern Mexican state of Durango.

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico.

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Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.

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Carrizozo volcanic field

The Carrizozo volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field located in New Mexico, US.

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Carrizozo, New Mexico

Carrizozo is a town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States.

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Chihuahua (state)

Chihuahua, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua (Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

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Chihuahua City

The city of Chihuahua or Chihuahua City (Ciudad de Chihuahua; Lipan: Ją’éłąyá) is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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Chisos Mountains

The Chisos Mountains, also known as the Chisos, are a mountain range located in the Big Bend area of the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, United States.

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Ciudad Juárez

Ciudad Juárez ("Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan: Tsé Táhú'ayá), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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Climate

Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.

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Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (Lipan: Nacika), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza (Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.

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Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States.

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Colorado Plateau shrublands

The Colorado Plateau shrublands is an ecoregion of deserts and xeric shrublands in the Western United States. Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Plateau shrublands are deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States and ecoregions of the United States.

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Cuatro Ciénegas

Cuatro Ciénegas is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Chihuahuan Desert and Cuatro Ciénegas are deserts of Mexico.

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Dasylirion

Dasylirion (commonly referred to as sotols or hair-trees) is a genus of North American flowering succulent plants in the asparagus family, all native to Mexico and the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).

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Davis Mountains

The Davis Mountains, originally known as Limpia Mountains, are a range of mountains in West Texas, located near Fort Davis, after which they are named.

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Deming, New Mexico

Deming (DEM-ing) is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, west of Las Cruces and north of the Mexican border.

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Desert

A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems.

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Desert climate

The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. Chihuahuan Desert and desert climate are deserts and xeric shrublands.

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Deserts and xeric shrublands

Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Durango

Durango, officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango (Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: Korian; Nahuatl: Tepēhuahcān), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country.

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Echinocereus pectinatus

Echinocereus pectinatus is a species of hedgehog cactus.

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Echinocereus polyacanthus

Echinocereus polyacanthus is a species of cactus native to Mexico.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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Ecotone

An ecotone is a transition area between two biological communities, where two communities meet and integrate.

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Edwards Plateau

The Edwards Plateau is a geographic region forming the crossroads of Central, South and West Texas, United States. Chihuahuan Desert and Edwards Plateau are ecoregions of the United States.

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Euphorbia antisyphilitica is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae.

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Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published:....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill.);...

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Ferocactus pilosus

Ferocactus pilosus, also known as Mexican lime cactus (Biznaga De Lima) or Mexican fire barrel, is a species of cactus in North America.

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Flourensia cernua

Flourensia cernua is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the English common names American tarwort and tarbush and the Spanish common names hojasé, hojasén, and hoja ancha.

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Fort Stockton, Texas

Fort Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Pecos County, Texas, United States.

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Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Fort Sumner is a village in and the county seat of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States.

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Fouquieria splendens

Fouquieria splendens (commonly known as ocotillo, but also referred to as buggywhip, coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus) is a plant indigenous to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Desert in the Southwestern United States (southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), and northern Mexico (as far south as Hidalgo and Guerrero).

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Franklin Mountains (Texas)

The Franklin Mountains of Texas (Sierras de los Mansos) are a small range long, wide that extend from El Paso, Texas, north into New Mexico.

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Franklin Mountains State Park

Franklin Mountains State Park is a state park in El Paso, Texas, United States.

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Geography of Texas

The geography of Texas is diverse and large.

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Gila Wilderness

Gila Wilderness was designated the world's first wilderness area on June 3, 1924.

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Guadalupe Mountains

The Guadalupe Mountains (Sierra de Guadalupe) are a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.

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Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Guadalupe Mountains National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains, east of El Paso, Texas.

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Hechtia glomerata

Hechtia glomerata, commonly known as guapilla, is a species of bromeliad that is native to southern Texas in the United States, Mexico, and Guatemala.

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Helietta

Helietta is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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Hilaria mutica

Hilaria mutica, synonym Pleuraphis mutica, is a species of grass known by the common name tobosa, or tobosa grass.

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Janos Biosphere Reserve

The Janos Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera de Janos) is a nature reserve in Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Larrea tridentata

Larrea tridentata, called creosote bush and greasewood as a plant, chaparral as a medicinal herb, and gobernadora (Spanish for "governess") in Mexico, due to its ability to secure more water by inhibiting the growth of nearby plants.

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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces ("the crosses") is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County.

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List of deserts by area

This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. Chihuahuan Desert and list of deserts by area are deserts and xeric shrublands.

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List of ecoregions in the United States (WWF)

The following is a list of ecoregions in the United States as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Chihuahuan Desert and list of ecoregions in the United States (WWF) are ecoregions of the United States.

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Maderas del Carmen

Maderas del Carmen is a biosphere reserve in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.

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Malpai Borderlands

Malpai Borderlands is a land area along the U.S.-Mexico border. Chihuahuan Desert and Malpai Borderlands are deserts and xeric shrublands, deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States, geography of Chihuahua (state) and Madrean Region.

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Mapimí Biosphere Reserve

The Mapimí Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biósfera de Mapimí) (established 1977) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located in the state of Durango in northern Mexico.

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Marfa, Texas

Marfa is a city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in far West Texas, United States, between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park, at an elevation of 4685 feet.

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McKittrick Canyon

--> McKittrick Canyon is a scenic canyon within the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and Eddy County, New Mexico.

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Meseta Central matorral

The Meseta Central matorral is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in north-central Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and Meseta Central matorral are deserts and xeric shrublands, ecoregions of Mexico, Madrean Region, mexican Plateau, natural history of Coahuila, natural history of Durango, natural history of Nuevo León, natural history of Zacatecas and natural history of the Mexican Plateau.

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Mesquite

Mesquite is a common name for several plants in the genus Prosopis, which contains over 40 species of small leguminous trees.

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Mexican Plateau

The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano (Altiplano mexicano), is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and mexican Plateau are Madrean Region.

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Mexican wolf

The Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), also known as the lobo mexicano (or, simply, lobo) is a subspecies of gray wolf (C. lupus) native to eastern and southeastern Arizona and western and southern New Mexico (in the United States) and fragmented areas of northern Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and mexican wolf are natural history of the Mexican Plateau.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mimosa turneri

Mimosa turneri, the desert mimosa, is a perennial small- to medium-sized shrub native to the Southern United States and particularly abundant in Texas.

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Muhlenbergia porteri

Muhlenbergia porteri is a species of grass known by the common names bush muhly and Porter's muhly.

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Nearctic realm

The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States. Chihuahuan Desert and New Mexico are southwestern United States.

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North American monsoon

The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, the New Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon is a term for a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and north American monsoon are Madrean Region and mexican Plateau.

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Northern Mexico

Northern Mexico (el Norte de México), commonly referred as El Norte, is an informal term for the northern cultural and geographical area in Mexico.

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Nuevo León

Nuevo León (English: New León), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León) is a state in northeastern Mexico.

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Ocampo Flora and Fauna Protection Area

Ocampo Flora and Fauna Protection Area is a protected area in northern Mexico.

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Oliver Lee Memorial State Park

Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, whose two tracts preserve a canyon in the Sacramento Mountains and Oliver Lee's historic 19th-century ranch house.

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Opuntia

Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and showy flowers.

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Opuntia macrocentra

Opuntia macrocentra, the long-spined purplish prickly pear or purple pricklypear, is a cactus found in the lower Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.

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Organ Mountains

The Organ Mountains (also known as La Sierra de los Órganos) are a rugged mountain range in southern New Mexico in the Southwestern United States.

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Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument

The Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument is a United States national monument in the state of New Mexico, managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.

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Overgrazing

Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.

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Pecos River

The Pecos River (Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande.

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Pecos, Texas

Pecos is the largest city in and the county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States.

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Petroglyph National Monument

Petroglyph National Monument stretches along Albuquerque, New Mexico's West Mesa, a volcanic basalt escarpment that dominates the city's western horizon.

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Prosopis glandulosa

Neltuma glandulosa, formerly Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family (Fabaceae).

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Psorothamnus scoparius

Psorothamnus scoparius is a thornless bush in the bean family (Fabaceae), native to North America.

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Rain shadow

A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.

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Rio Grande

The Rio Grande in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico, also known as P’osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba’áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and rio Grande are mexican Plateau and southwestern United States.

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Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell is a city in and the seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.

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Sacramento Mountains (New Mexico)

The Sacramento Mountains are a mountain range in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, lying just east of Alamogordo in Otero County (small portions of the range lie in Lincoln County and Chaves County).

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Saltillo

Saltillo is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name.

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Samalayuca Dune Fields

The Samalayuca Dune Fields, more traditionally known as Los Médanos (the dunes), or more recently referenced as Médanos de Samalayuca are a series of large but separated fields of sand dunes located in the northern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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Sandia–Manzano Mountains

The Sandia–Manzano Mountains are a substantial mountain area that defines the eastern edge of the middle Rio Grande Valley of central New Mexico.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.

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Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge

The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area of New Mexico managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

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Sierra del Carmen

The Sierra del Carmen, also called the Sierra Maderas del Carmen, is a northern finger of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the state of Coahuila, Mexico.

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Sierra Madre Occidental

The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California.

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Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests

The Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests (Bosques de pino-roble de la Sierra Madre Occidental) are a Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the Sierra Madre Occidental range from the southwest USA region to the western part of Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests are ecoregions of Mexico, ecoregions of the United States, Madrean Region, natural history of Chihuahua (state), natural history of Durango and natural history of Zacatecas.

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Sierra Madre Oriental

The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.

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Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests

The Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of northeastern and Central Mexico, extending into the state of Texas in the United States. Chihuahuan Desert and Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests are ecoregions of Mexico, ecoregions of the United States, natural history of Chihuahua (state), natural history of Coahuila, natural history of Durango, natural history of Nuevo León and natural history of Zacatecas.

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Sky island

Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments.

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Solitario

The Solitario (El Solitario) is a large geologic formation in Big Bend Ranch State Park in West Texas.

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Sonora

Sonora, officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert (Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert are deserts and xeric shrublands, deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States, deserts of Arizona, deserts of Mexico, deserts of North America, ecoregions of Mexico, ecoregions of the United States and Madrean Region.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

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Sporobolus wrightii

Sporobolus wrightii is a species of grass known by the common names big sacaton and giant sacaton.

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Stratification (vegetation)

Stratification in the field of ecology refers to the vertical layering of a habitat; the arrangement of vegetation in layers.

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Tamaulipan matorral

The Tamaulipan matorral is an ecoregion in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental range in northeastern Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and Tamaulipan matorral are deserts and xeric shrublands, deserts of Mexico, ecoregions of Mexico and natural history of Nuevo León.

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Tamaulipan mezquital

The Tamaulipan mezquital (Mezquital Tamaulipeco), also known as the Brush Country, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert and Tamaulipan mezquital are deserts and xeric shrublands, deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States, deserts of Mexico, deserts of Texas, ecoregions of Mexico, ecoregions of the United States and natural history of Nuevo León.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahuan_Desert

Also known as Chihuahua (desert), Chihuahua Desert, Chihuahuan Deserts (ecoregion), Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Chihuahuan Desert, the Glossary

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Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States

Deserts of Arizona

Deserts of Mexico

Deserts of New Mexico

Deserts of North America

Deserts of Texas

Geography of Chihuahua (state)

Geography of Coahuila

Geography of Durango

Geography of Nuevo León

Geography of Zacatecas

Madrean Region

Mexican Plateau

Natural history of Chihuahua (state)