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DESERT REGION OF MEXICO Chihuahuan Desert By Nick Tempel.

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1 DESERT REGION OF MEXICO Chihuahuan Desert By Nick Tempel

2 LOCATION  Lies in Mesoamerica on Western Hemisphere  Shares a border with New Mexico  Chihuahuan desert is located in Northwestern and Western Chihuahuan

3 CLIMATE Fairly dry desert with only one intense rainy season in summer 600-1,675m (1,969-5,495) in altitude 35-40˚C or 95-104˚F in range Fairly young desert-8,000 years old

4 VEGETATION AND BIOMES  Very biologically diverse desert  The creosote bush is a very popular site along with many other things  It has many plants and animals  Approximately 3,500 plant species

5 LANDFORMS SCATTERED DESERTS  Just the Chihuahuan Desert itself SCATTERED MOUNTAINS  Sierra Madre  Sierra del Carmen  Organ Mountains  Franklin Mountains  Sacramento Mountains, etc.

6 WATERWAYS 4 river basin systems Rio Grande Rio Casas Grandes Mapimi Bolsón Mayrán

7 POPULATION DENSITY  There are a couple cities including Ciudad Júarez with almost 2,000,000 people  El Paso  Chihuahua  Torreón  Las Cruces etc.  Saltillo and Monterrey are cities too

8 NATURAL RESOURCES Yuccas Agaves Livestock Oil Gas

9 OTHER STUFF It is bigger than California Most of the region is composed of sedimentary rocks, some of the mountains are igneous origin 8,000 years old

10 RESOURCES Kids Rex/Wikipedia Emily Walsh

11 FOR  Thank you Watching


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