Definitions for chihuahuan desert
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1. Chihuahuan Desertnoun

   a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico

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1. Chihuahuan Desert

   The Chihuahuan Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Chihuahua, Desierto Chihuahuense) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It occupies much of far West Texas, the middle to lower Rio Grande Valley and the lower Pecos Valley in New Mexico, and a portion of southeastern Arizona, as well as the central and northern portions of the Mexican Plateau. It is bordered on the west by the Sonoran Desert, the Colorado Plateau, and the extensive Sierra Madre Occidental range, along with northwestern lowlands of the Sierra Madre Oriental range. Its largest, continual expanse is located in Mexico, covering a large portion of the state of Chihuahua, along with portions of Coahuila, north-eastern Durango, the extreme northern part of Zacatecas, and small western portions of Nuevo León. With an area of about 501,896 km2 (193,783 sq mi), it is the largest desert in North America. The desert is fairly young, existing for only 8000 years.

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1. chihuahuan desert

   The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert and ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is the second largest desert in North America and the third largest in the Western Hemisphere, after the Great Basin Desert and the Sonoran Desert, encompassing about 200,000 square miles. It is primarily characterized by shrublands and has a diverse range of wildlife, including over 175 species of birds and 150 species of mammals. Major cities in this desert include Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, and Las Cruces, with the largest protected areas being Big Bend National Park and Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Wetlands and rivers in the desert such as the Rio Grande, Conchos River, and the Caverns of Lechuguilla preserve groundwater recharge and refill zones.

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1. Chihuahuan Desert

   The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert, and an ecoregion designation, that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border in the central and northern portions of the Mexican Plateau, bordered on the west by the extensive Sierra Madre Occidental range, and overlaying northern portions of the east range, the Sierra Madre Oriental. On the U.S. side it occupies the valleys and basins of central and southern New Mexico, Texas west of the Pecos River and southeastern Arizona; south of the border, it covers the northern half of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, most of Coahuila, north-east portion of Durango, extreme northern portion of Zacatecas and small western portions of Nuevo León. With an area of about 362,000 km², it is the third largest desert of the Western Hemisphere and the second largest in North America, after the Great Basin Desert.

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   The numerical value of chihuahuan desert in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of chihuahuan desert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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