(north-central)-Sonoran Desert El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico
Pinacate sand dunes and cratersCrater Elegante with the Pinacate Peaks in the backgroundPinacate volcanics with teddy-bear chollas, ocotillos, young saguaros, and a paloverde treeBursera microphylla, Elephant Tree, photographed at Cerro Colorado in Baja California, Mexico.
The Pinacate Peaks (Sierra Pinacate, O'odham: Cuk Doʼag) are a group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones located mostly in the Mexican state of Sonora along the international border adjacent to the U.S. state of Arizona, surrounded by the vast sand dune field of the Gran Desierto de Altar, at the desert's southeast.[1]
The Spanish name for the Pinacate Peaks geographic feature is the Sierra Pinacate, which is used in their homeland of Mexico.
^U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA Information and Satellite Image: Pinacate Mountains
Spanish name for the PinacatePeaks geographic feature is the Sierra Pinacate, which is used in their homeland of Mexico. The PinacatePeaks lie just north...
Santa Fe Railroad Pinacate Mining District in Riverside County, California PinacatePeaks are volcanic peaks in northwest Mexico El Pinacate y Gran Desierto...
as Santa Clara is the main part of the landscape, including three peaks: Pinacate, Carnegie and Medio. It is a sister park to Organ Pipe Cactus National...
the area contains the volcanic PinacatePeaks region; together with the western portion, the area forms the El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere...
kilometres (0.93 mi) across, it is the largest in the volcanic complex of PinacatePeaks. The crater was formed about 32,000 years ago when groundwater seeping...
landscape, including three peaks; Pinacate, Carnegie and Medio. The PinacatePeaks (Picos del Pinacate), a group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones, are located...
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cultivated fields primarily of tepary beans in the PinacatePeaks area of Sonora. In the Pinacate, with an average annual precipitation of 75 mm (3.0 in)...
dark-coloured rock pocket mice from areas in PinacatePeaks, Mexico and New Mexico, USA. In the Pinacate mice, they discovered a perfect association between...
calderas. Fun fact: It actually snows all year long on some of the highest peaks are people living, and when the weather is clear, they can be seen by those...
reaches the El Rosario sanctuary near Zitácuaro, Michoacán. Isla Mujeres PinacatePeaks La Bufadora Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo Sian Ka'an Gulf of California...
perimeter of the great desert, the Gran Desierto de Altar, and the PinacatePeaks volcanic field region. Agave lechuguilla List of flora of the Sonoran...
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cultivated fields primarily of Tepary beans in the PinacatePeaks area of Sonora. In the Pinacate, with an average annual precipitation of three inches...
mountain ranges of Arizona List of mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona PinacatePeaks Sierra Pinta Tinajas Altas (High Tanks) Tule Desert (Arizona) Valley...
Sonoran Desert in Mexico is found the Gran Desierto de Altar, with the El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, extending 2,000 square kilometers...
of Sunset Crater around 1180. The flow surface consists of pahoehoe. Kana-a Lava Flow - (Map) Pinacate Lava Flow - (Map) San Francisco Volcanic Field...
East Pacific Rise at 17°N, fissure vent Pico de Orizaba, stratovolcano Pinacate, volcanic field Popocatepetl, stratovolcano Cerro Prieto, lava dome San...
Consag Rock, Isla San Luis, Isla Tortuga, the Salton Buttes and Sierra Pinacate which is the largest of these volcanoes. Strong geothermal activity has...
with some of the best-known remains at the San Dieguito complex in the El Pinacate Desert. The first humans were nomadic hunter gatherers who used tools made...
Evidence from a site called the San Dieguito Complex, located in the El Pinacate Zone, suggests the area has been inhabited by humans for about 3,000 years...
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Mining District within the old boundaries of San Bernardino County and the Pinacate Mining District in the central and southern Gavilan Hills within the old...
southwestern Arizona in the arid northwestern Sonoran Desert, just north of the Pinacate Reserve of northern Sonora, Mexico. The mountains derive their name from...
Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl". UNESCO. Retrieved 26 June 2011. "El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve". UNESCO. Retrieved 25 June...
under American management, the quartz was hauled to a stamp mill in the Pinacate District." "At the time the rancho became the property of the English people...
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