The Sonoran Desert is located in which country?

  1. Mongolia
  2. Australia
  3. USA
  4. Morocco

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Option 3 : USA
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The correct answer is the USA.

Key Points

  • It covers large parts of the Southwestern United States in Arizona and California and of Northwestern Mexico in Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.
  • It covers an area of 260,000 square kilometres.
  • The western portion of the United States–Mexico border passes through here.
  • It is a type of tropical desert.
  • They are located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
  • The region is characterized by high temperatures and low rainfall.
  • The Sahara desert in Africa and the Thar desert in India are other examples.
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