The colorado Desert (ch10)

The Colorado Desert is a part of the much larger Sonoran Desert, which extends across southwest North America. It expands from the Mexican border in the South to the Mojave Desert in the North and from the Colorado River in the East to the peninsular mountain range in the West, which is approximately 7 million acres. It is the second largest least populous of the ten bioregions, with a population of about 375,000, according to the 1990 census figures. The Colorado Desert is of a much lower elevation than the Mojave Desert and much of the land lies below 1,000 feet. The Mountain peaks barely pass 3,000 feet and the common habitat includes sand, palm oasis, and desert wash. The summers are hot and dry and the winters are cool and moist. The Colorado River flows along the entire eastern area of the bioregion which it meets with Arizona. Specific species known to inhabit the area are animals like the Yuma antelope, ground squirrels, white singed doves, muskrats, deer, bobcats, and raccoons.

This picture depicts the sandy dunes throughout the desert.

Colorado is also home to thousands of snakes because of the hot weather and ideal sand pits which makes nice homes for snakes.