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Exploring the Chihuahuan Desert

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The Chihuahuan Desert is the largest of the North American deserts, centered in between the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental in the Borderlands.

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This is a high desert - the peaks are generally 1,500 meters high and the basins 700 meters above sea level. Three forths of the desert lies in Mexico. Native species include the creosote bush, lechugilla and candelilla. Cacti number more than 250 - more than in any other North American desert.

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g Zona del Silencio, Puerta del Universo - Armin Gomez
g The Zone of Silence - Andrea Kaus
g Experiencias en la Laguna Desertica - Lillia Childs
g Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimi - Marlene Ehrenberg
g Desert Notebook
b Malpai Borderland - NMSU
b Arizona Cactus Garden

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b Chihuahaun Desert - UTEP
b Chihuahua Desert Research Institute
b Arizona's Office of Arid Lands Studies
b Desert Fishes Council

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b El Desierto Chihuahuense
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b Chihuahuan Desert
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