Category:Colorado Desert

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Colorado Desert

desert in California, United States

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Sonoran Desert

Location

United States of America
Mexico

Area

28,000 km

Map

32° 49′ 48″ N, 115° 16′ 12″ W

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English: The Colorado Desert ecoregion, of the Deserts and xeric scrublands Biome, is the Californian sub-ecoregion of the the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.

The Colorado Desert is a North American desert located in lower Southern California in the U.S., and the northeastern region of the Mexican state of Baja California. It extends from the San Bernardino Mountains east and southeast to the Colorado River, from which it takes its name.
For the desert's flora and fauna, see: Category:Sonoran Desert.

Subcategories

This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total.

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Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert‎ (9 C, 4 F)
Nature of the Colorado Desert‎ (31 C, 33 F)
Protected areas of the Colorado Desert‎ (1 C)

A

Alamo Canal‎ (6 F)
Algodones Dunes‎ (1 C, 1 P, 26 F)
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park‎ (6 C, 342 F)

B

Blythe, California‎ (4 C, 90 F)
Brawley, California‎ (1 C, 21 F)

C

Cadiz Dunes Wilderness‎ (7 F)
California State Route 78‎ (3 C, 16 F)
Chemehuevi Valley‎ (4 C, 5 F)
Coachella Valley‎ (19 C, 92 F)
Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge‎ (3 F)

D

Datura discolor‎ (1 F)

E

Eagle Mountain Iron Mine‎ (5 F)

H

Lake Havasu‎ (5 C, 55 F)

I

Imperial Formation (California)‎ (3 C)
Imperial Valley‎ (12 C, 132 F)

J

Joshua Tree National Park‎ (11 C, 1 P, 2306 F)

L

Living Desert Zoo and Gardens‎ (2 C, 45 F)

O

Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area‎ (5 F)

P

Palo Verde Valley‎ (12 F)
Parker Valley‎ (2 C, 16 F)
Picacho Peak Wilderness‎ (1 F)

R

Colorado River Aqueduct‎ (6 C, 72 F)

S

Salton Sea‎ (9 C, 166 F)
Salton Sink‎ (4 C, 19 F)
Sand to Snow National Monument‎ (6 F)
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument‎ (7 C, 103 F)
Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness‎ (1 F)
Slab City‎ (2 C, 6 F)

T

Tahquitz Canyon‎ (3 C, 20 F)

V

Vidal Valley‎ (2 F)

Media in category "Colorado Desert"

The following 167 files are in this category, out of 167 total.

Sonoran Desert map.svg 1,712 × 1,992; 345 KB
A HUNDRED-MILE RIBBON OF SAND DUNES SEPARATES THE CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THE IMPERIAL... - NARA - 547717.jpg 3,000 × 2,023; 729 KB
A-hundred-mile-ribbon-of-sand-dunes-separates-the-chocolate-mountains-of-southern-california-from-the-imperial-valley-which-stretches-from-the-salton-sea-into-mexico-may-1972 6990246094 o.jpg 3,000 × 2,023; 296 KB
Agave deserti 1.jpg 2,000 × 1,559; 665 KB
Agave deserti 2.jpg 1,500 × 1,185; 351 KB
Agave deserti form.jpg 1,200 × 1,688; 306 KB
Agave deserti stalk.jpg 1,252 × 2,168; 146 KB
Alamo Canal 1908.png 896 × 1,344; 1.14 MB
Alamo Canal circa 1905.jpg 1,177 × 847; 290 KB
AlgodonesDunes ISS011-E-11543.jpg 3,040 × 2,016; 3.24 MB
All american canal map.png 300 × 300; 70 KB
Anza-Borrego (13496290005).jpg 1,600 × 1,600; 1.01 MB
Anza-Borrego desert (13496645123).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.06 MB
Anza-Borrego high country (13496525073).jpg 2,425 × 1,600; 1.97 MB
Anza-Borrego II (13496486853).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.98 MB
Anza-Borrego riparian (13496474605).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.96 MB
Anza-Borrego shrubs (13496707883).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 1.93 MB
Anza-Borrego sunset (13496592185).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.72 MB
Arid hillside (13496716854).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.15 MB
B1 Tahquitz Canyon.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 6.19 MB
B2 Tahquitz Canyon.jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 6.15 MB
Barrel cactus (13496422593).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 1.39 MB
Beavertail cactus (13496643294).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 932 KB
Beavertail sunrise (13496896194).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.02 MB
Berberis harrisoniana 001.jpg 1,024 × 768; 367 KB
Borrego flats (13496786754).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 1.86 MB
Borrego flats II (13496447615).jpg 2,425 × 1,600; 1.89 MB
Borrego Springs Sculpture 01.jpg 750 × 498; 99 KB
Box Canyon Road.JPG 1,833 × 1,222; 1.63 MB
Burrowing Owl 2 of 4 in set.jpg 1,024 × 683; 599 KB
Burrowing Owl 4 of 4 in set.jpg 1,024 × 683; 573 KB
Burrowing Owl 4 of 5 in set.jpg 1,024 × 683; 555 KB
Cahuilla kumeyaay map.svg 1,389 × 1,727; 203 KB
Canyon oasis (13496505983).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.75 MB
Canyon scene along road into the China Ranch, CA.jpg 5,539 × 3,693; 14.46 MB
Carduelis psaltria female.jpg 900 × 600; 360 KB
Carl Eytel and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the Butterfield Stage Road in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903 (CHS-2280).jpg 6,100 × 4,833; 2.33 MB
Catalina Eddy 2013-02-17.jpg 2,625 × 3,112; 3.01 MB
Chaenactis fremontii flower 1.jpg 1,200 × 1,056; 110 KB
Chaenactis fremontii flower 3.jpg 1,000 × 1,021; 93 KB
Chaenactis fremontii form.jpg 1,200 × 1,785; 370 KB
Cholla and ocotillo (13496448633).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.19 MB
Chuparosa (13496824754).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 462 KB
Clusters of jumping cactus on the Colorado desert in Riverside County, 1900 (CHS-2548).jpg 5,653 × 4,297; 1.74 MB
Coachella Valley milk vetch.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 2.31 MB
Collection of wind-eroded rocks of Colorado Desert, 1904 (CHS-1993).jpg 5,161 × 4,025; 1.84 MB
Coloradodesert.jpg 512 × 341; 78 KB
Cosd.JPG 4,204 × 2,558; 1.19 MB
Crassula? (13496852124).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 2.45 MB
Crescent or Creeping Hills of Colorado Desert, ca.1900 (CHS-2717).jpg 4,770 × 3,590; 904 KB
Desert blooms (13496686204).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.75 MB
Desert boulders (13496881044).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.87 MB
Desert falls (13496457755).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.27 MB
Desert hibiscus (13496396763).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 640 KB
Desert Iguana (5760339498).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.4 MB
Desert Landscape (13496326895).jpg 3,200 × 1,600; 1.72 MB
Desert moon (13496689133).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 972 KB
Desert stream (13496486255).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.59 MB
Desert Stream (13496649434).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.42 MB
Desert sun (13496668933).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.15 MB
Desert sunrise (13496518263).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.61 MB
Desert Sunrise II (13496530453).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.53 MB
Desert sunrise III (13496554725).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.79 MB
Desert sunset (13496459143).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 582 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1888) b 540.jpg 2,245 × 1,043; 365 KB
Eagle Mountain Railroad-Ferrum.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 725 KB
Eschscholzia minutiflora 1.jpg 1,400 × 1,225; 451 KB
Evening primrose (13496421873).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 443 KB
Fort Yuma California 1875.jpg 1,000 × 736; 158 KB
Fouquieria splendens 1.jpg 1,920 × 2,560; 708 KB
Fouquieria splendens group.jpg 2,000 × 1,228; 353 KB
Golden desert aspen (13496815164).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.59 MB
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus.jpg 1,024 × 683; 900 KB
Greater Roadrunner sunning and making a fuss.jpg 1,024 × 683; 646 KB
Gyascutus allenrolfeae habitat.jpg 2,048 × 1,365; 433 KB
Hellhole Canyon (13496622933).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 1.85 MB
Hellhole Canyon juniper (13496396105).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2 MB
Hexie Mountains Joshua Tree National Park.jpg 6,418 × 2,022; 4.09 MB
Horse-drawn buggy on the sand dunes of the Colorado Desert, ca.1900 (CHS-1975).jpg 5,703 × 4,345; 4.66 MB
Indianhead Mountain (13496462973).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.08 MB
Inside the oasis (13496757254).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.73 MB
Jimsonweed (13496651184).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 539 KB
Joshua Tree National Park - Colorado Desert.JPG 3,456 × 2,592; 4.35 MB
Joshua Tree northeast wilderness aerial.jpg 1,512 × 2,688; 600 KB
Lake Cahuilla Reservoir.jpg 1,024 × 598; 96 KB
Letterboxes Ocotillo Wells 2013 Crop.jpg 4,364 × 2,240; 3.01 MB
Lone man in a hat walking in the Colorado Desert near Palm Springs, 1903-1904 (CHS-2281).jpg 5,416 × 4,254; 4.75 MB
Looking down on Borrego Springs (13496527255).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 2.04 MB
Mecca aster painted canyon.jpg 4,589 × 3,060; 2.21 MB
Mesquite covered with mistletoe growing in the Colorado Desert, ca.1915 (CHS-1995).jpg 5,169 × 3,993; 1.67 MB
Monkeyflower (13496494533).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 848 KB
Mtsignal.jpeg 864 × 165; 63 KB
Near Highway S22.jpg 1,080 × 1,349; 229 KB
Ocotillo Wells.jpg 2,816 × 1,880; 4.25 MB
On the Campo Divide east of Campo, San Diego to Imperial, 1904 (CHS-1992).jpg 5,217 × 4,033; 1.4 MB
Palm Canyon 1.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 812 KB
Palm Canyon knoll.jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 759 KB
PALM CANYON NEAR PALM SPRINGS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.jpg 3,008 × 1,960; 1.8 MB
Palm Springs Banner.jpg 3,484 × 498; 1.64 MB
Perityle emoryi flower.jpg 1,500 × 1,242; 129 KB
Phlox (13496309735).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 678 KB
Photographers Dr. George Wharton James, Carl Eytel and Van Buskirk, Colorado Desert, ca.1900 (CHS-4322).jpg 5,100 × 3,857; 3.56 MB
Pinto Mountains Joshua Tree National Park.jpg 8,639 × 2,454; 6.8 MB
Prospectors and their pack mules on the Campo trail in Devil's Canyon, 1904 (CHS-1981).jpg 4,016 × 5,257; 1.51 MB
PSM V85 D418 Saltorn at bottom of salton sink in the cahiulla basin.png 1,632 × 884; 429 KB
PSM V85 D418 Vegetation on terrace formed by the recession of salton lake.png 1,622 × 939; 382 KB
PSM V85 D419 Desert formation near travertine point.png 1,627 × 1,246; 469 KB
Purple desert (13496680923).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.4 MB
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855) (14757106251).jpg 3,495 × 1,310; 232 KB
Riparian system (13496842784).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 2.44 MB
Russian thistle (Salsola Kali), or Ink weed, growing in the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910 (CHS-1996).jpg 5,177 × 4,033; 2.21 MB
Salvia columbariae 1.jpg 900 × 1,168; 122 KB
Sand boil Imperial 1979.tif 1,000 × 667; 1.27 MB
Screw poll mesquite growing in Colorado Desert, ca.1910 (CHS-1994).jpg 5,185 × 4,033; 2.24 MB
Senesced desert shrub (13496917214).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 887 KB
Showy beardtongue (13496409753).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 675 KB
Southern Desert.JPG 4,320 × 2,782; 2.17 MB
Spring in Anza-Borrego (13496725994).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 2.12 MB
CANAL SECTION IN IRON MOUNTAIN VICINITY. - Colorado River Aqueduct, From Colorado River to Lake Mathews, Parker Dam, San Bernardino County, CA HAER CAL,36-PARD.V,1-8.tif 5,667 × 4,067; 21.98 MB
Sunlit cholla (13496675213).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 904 KB
Sunny desert (13496355395).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.99 MB
Sunrise boulders (13496930234).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.6 MB
Sunset desert shrubs (13496597705).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.65 MB
Tahquitz Falls 678.jpg 2,575 × 3,656; 2.79 MB
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world (1908) (14784317802).jpg 3,248 × 2,098; 1.61 MB
The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest (1904) (14758698766).jpg 1,968 × 1,352; 280 KB
The Salton Sea; a study of the geography, the geology, the floristics, and the ecology of a desert basin (1914) (20756823711).jpg 3,116 × 4,732; 1.4 MB
Three men travelling across the Colorado Desert in a mule-drawn wagon, ca.1903 (CHS-2307).jpg 5,100 × 4,116; 2.49 MB
Trichoptilium incisum flower.jpg 900 × 773; 86 KB
Trixis californica flower 2.jpg 1,300 × 1,208; 111 KB
Vallecito-2000ft.JPG 774 × 505; 58 KB
Valley floor (13496859084).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.93 MB
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) dragonfly, Male (4067336886).jpg 3,369 × 2,295; 4.87 MB
AirportBlvd ThermalCalifornia.jpg 798 × 441; 60 KB
Coming down the Shannon trail.jpg 1,280 × 960; 295 KB
Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1902-1905 (CHS-2289).jpg 5,403 × 4,246; 4.67 MB
Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904 (CHS-2291).jpg 4,237 × 5,379; 3.59 MB
Group of twelve palm trees lined across the horizon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs near Indio, ca.1904 (CHS-2285).jpg 5,347 × 4,245; 2.56 MB
Palms in Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904 (CHS-2290).jpg 5,419 × 4,327; 5.23 MB
Palms in the Colorado Desert, ca.1904 (CHS-2286).jpg 5,446 × 4,297; 4.56 MB
Thousand Palms Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904 (CHS-2288).jpg 5,435 × 4,287; 2.72 MB
Washingtonia filifera 1.jpg 1,920 × 2,516; 657 KB
Washingtonia filifera grove.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 733 KB
Washingtonia filifera in Palm Canyon.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 632 KB
Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey (1909) (14597113950).jpg 4,160 × 2,478; 1.68 MB
Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey (1909) (14780679171).jpg 3,744 × 2,180; 2.43 MB
Lyon's well in the desert where water was sold, Colorado Desert, ca.1890-1900 (CHS-1623).jpg 5,061 × 3,896; 1.17 MB
Whipple Wash WikiMediaCommons.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.12 MB
Imperial County whirlwind on desert, ca.1910 (CHS-1999).jpg 4,996 × 3,956; 1.95 MB
Withflowerstrees00sauniala 0008 (cropped).jpg 1,250 × 750; 163 KB
Withflowerstrees00sauniala 0008.jpg 1,547 × 973; 195 KB
Wpdms shdrlfi020l colorado desert.jpg 300 × 267; 49 KB
Wpdms shdrlfi020l colorado river aqueduct.jpg 300 × 267; 49 KB
Chorizanthe brevicornu (joedecruyenaere) 001.jpg 960 × 1,280; 137 KB
Yucca landscape (13496910144).jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 1.89 MB
Chorizanthe corrugata.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 929 KB
Fouquieria splendens 2.jpg 1,200 × 1,506; 176 KB
Fouquieria splendens flowers 2.jpg 2,000 × 1,549; 233 KB
Fouquieria splendens flowers 3.jpg 1,200 × 930; 109 KB
Fouquieria splendens flowers 4.jpg 600 × 498; 47 KB
Fouquieria splendens Ocotillo Cactus bloom.jpg 1,024 × 683; 474 KB
Hyptis emoryi.jpg 1,200 × 1,303; 138 KB
Lastheniacalifornica.jpg 1,730 × 2,026; 512 KB
Lyciumfremontii.jpg 2,702 × 2,121; 785 KB
Entrance to Imperial Valley, Scene of "Winning of Barbara Worth", California, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg 2,737 × 1,413; 2.2 MB
Desert Five-Spot (Eremalche rotundifolia).jpg 3,300 × 2,538; 5.12 MB
California SD-40 (2011).svg 1,450 × 1,680; 55 KB

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