List of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona) - Arizona Zone Definitions

Arizona Zone Definitions

The three basic zones in Arizona can be thought of as follows:

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  • North
    • Deserts in NW to Las Vegas
    • –Mojave Desert
    • –(Eastern)-Colorado Desert
  • Central
    • Desert Mtns:
    • Deserts to S, SW, and West
  • South–Sonoran Desert
    • SW: Extreme low deserts
      • –Colorado Desert(Eastern)
      • South:Yuma Desert, Lechuguilla Desert, Tule Desert (Arizona)
    • Often dry winters
    • minor higher elevations
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  • (For Arizona: The Mountains can be thought
  • of as traversing, from NW, N–Central,
  • to Central, to East (New Mex.)
  • and SE to the " SE Ariz Biome " .)
    • The Mogollon Rim begins in SW New Mexico, Gila Nat. For.
    • and proceeds to NW Ariz through the Mtns.
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  • Ariz. NE triangle:
    • 6000 Ft Arid Desert
    • Four Corners(some Mtns)
  • Central:
    • NW–to–SE–Transition–Zone
    • Divides the NE high plateau
    • from Low Desert SW, and South
  • SW Low desert triangle
    • Nearly half the state
    • Hottest at lower altitudes
  • SE Ariz Biome:
    • Composed of Mtns in: Sky islands
    • Part of SE Arizona
    • Part of SW New Mexico
    • Part of Northern Mexico
    • the Sierra Madre Occidental (West)
    • the Occid. Madrean Sky Islands Biome

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