Great Desert
Great Desert is a desert in Mexico.- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
- Also known as“Desierto del Altar”“Gran Desierto”“Sonoran Desert”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
32.25° or 32° 15′ north
Longitude
-114.5° or 114° 30′ west
Open location code
85477G22+22
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Great Desert” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sonorawoestijn”
- French: “désert de Sonora”
- German: “Sonora-Wüste”
- Italian: “deserto di Sonora”
- Japanese: “ソノラ砂漠”
- Korean: “소노라 사막”
- Russian: “Сонора”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Altar”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Sonora”
- Spanish: “Desierto Grande”
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