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This list of North American deserts identifies areas of the continent which receive less than annual precipitation. The "North American Desert" is also the term for a large U.S. Level 1 ecoregion (EPA)〔(epa.gov: Level 1 Ecoregions )〕 of the North American Cordillera, in the Deserts and xeric shrublands biome (WWF). The continent's deserts are largely between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Madre Oriental on the east, and the rain shadow creating Sierra Nevada, Transverse, and Peninsular Ranges on the west. The North American xeric region of over includes: 3 major deserts; numerous smaller deserts; and large non-desert arid regions; in the western United States and in northeast, central, and northwest Mexico. ==Overview== There are three major hot and dry deserts in North America, all located in the Western United States and Northern Mexico.〔"(Desert Biome )," University of California Museum of Paleontology.〕 These are: *The Chihuahuan Desert – the largest desert in North America, located in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico - () *The Sonoran Desert – a desert located in the Southwestern United States and Northwest Mexico. It is the second largest desert in North America. - () *The Mojave Desert – the hottest desert in North America, located primarily in southeastern California - () Additionally, a large cold desert, the Great Basin Desert, encompasses much of the northern Basin and Range Province, north of the Mojave Desert. Other smaller cold deserts lie within the Columbia Plateau/Columbia Basin, the Snake River Plain, and the Colorado Plateau regions. Canada has a small patch of desert along the Thompson River at the Village of Ashcroft.〔(Canada's Only True Desert )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of North American deserts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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