Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers parts of the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States.
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- Description: desert in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States
- Also known as: “Desert de Gila”, “Désert de Gila”, “Desierto de Arizona”, “Desierto sonorense”, “Fàsach Sonoran”, “Gila Desert”, “Gilaørkenen”, “hoang mạc Sonoran”, “Poušť Sonora”, “Sonora desert”, “Sonora Dezerto”, “Sonora-ørkenen”, “Sonoraanse woestijn”, “Sonoran”, “Sonoran autiomaa”, “Sonorawüste”, “Пустыня Сонора”, “Сонорийска пустиня”, “الصحراء الواطية”, “صحرا سنوران”, “صحراء جيلا”, “صحراء سنوران”, “صحراء سونوران”, “صحرای سونورا”, “소노란 사막”, and “소노란사막”
- Historically known as: “Carson Plains”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gila Bend and San Lucy Village.
Gila Bend
Town
San Lucy Village
Village
San Lucy Village is a populated place situated in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. San Lucy Village is situated 4½ miles northwest of Sonoran Desert.
Sonoran Desert
- Categories: desert, WWF ecoregion, and landform
- Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.91671° or 32° 55′ 0″ north
Longitude
-112.66738° or 112° 40′ 3″ west
Elevation
853 feet (260 metres)
Open location code
8549W88M+M2
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Sonoran Desert” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Sonora”
- Arabic: “صحراء سونورا”
- Azerbaijani: “Sonora”
- Basque: “Sonorako basamortua”
- Belarusian: “Пустыня Санора”
- Belarusian: “Санора”
- Bengali: “সোনোরান মরুভূমি”
- Bosnian: “Pustinja Sonora”
- Bosnian: “Sonora”
- Breton: “Dezerzh Sonora”
- Bulgarian: “Сонора”
- Catalan: “Desert de Sonora”
- Cebuano: “Sonoran Desert”
- Central Kurdish: “بیابانی سۆنۆران”
- Chinese: “索諾拉沙漠”
- Chinese: “索诺拉沙漠”
- Croatian: “Pustinja Sonora”
- Croatian: “Sonora”
- Czech: “Sonorská poušť”
- Danish: “Sonoraørkenen”
- Dutch: “Sonorawoestijn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا سونورا”
- Esperanto: “Dezerto de Sonora”
- Esperanto: “Sonora-Dezerto”
- Estonian: “Sonora kõrb”
- Finnish: “Sonoran aavikko”
- French: “désert de Sonora”
- French: “Désert de Sonora”
- Galician: “Deserto de Sonora”
- Georgian: “სონორას უდაბნო”
- Georgian: “სონორის უდაბნო”
- German: “Sonora-Wüste”
- Greek: “Έρημος Σονόρα”
- Greek: “Σονόρα”
- Hebrew: “מדבר סונורה”
- Hindi: “सोनोरन”
- Hungarian: “Sonora-sivatag”
- Indonesian: “Gurun Sonora”
- Italian: “deserto di Sonora”
- Italian: “Deserto di Sonora”
- Japanese: “ソノラ砂漠”
- Kazakh: “Соноран шөлі”
- Korean: “소노라 사막”
- Lithuanian: “Sonoros dykuma”
- Macedonian: “Сонора”
- Malay: “Gurun Sonora”
- Malayalam: “സോനോറൻ മരുഭൂമി”
- Marathi: “सोनोराचे वाळवंट”
- Northern Frisian: “Sonora Wüüst”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sonoraørkenen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sonoraørkenen”
- Norwegian: “Sonoraørkenen”
- Persian: “بیابان سونورا”
- Polish: “Pustynia Sonora”
- Polish: “Sonora”
- Portuguese: “Deserto de Sonora”
- Romanian: “Deșertul Sonora”
- Russian: “Сонора”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fàsach Sonora”
- Serbian: “Sonorska pustinja”
- Serbian: “Сонорска пустиња”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pustinja Sonora”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sonorska pustinja”
- Sindhi: “سونورا ريگستان”
- Slovak: “Sonorská púšť”
- Slovenian: “Sonorska puščava”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Sonora”
- Spanish: “Desierto Grande”
- Spanish: “Sonora Desert”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Altar” (historical)
- Swahili: “Jangwa la Sonora”
- Swedish: “Sonoraöknen”
- Thai: “ทะเลทรายโซนอรัน”
- Turkish: “Sonora Çölü”
- Ukrainian: “Сонора”
- Vietnamese: “hoang mạc Sonora”
- Vietnamese: “Hoang mạc Sonora”
- Waray (Philippines): “Disyerto Sonora”
- Welsh: “Anialwch Sonora”
- Western Frisian: “Sonoarawoastyn”
- Western Panjabi: “سونورا روہی”
- Wu Chinese: “索诺拉沙漠”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bosque and Point of Rocks.
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Highlights: Gila Bend Municipal Airport and Pioneer Cemetery.
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