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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arid region of northwest Mexico, southern California, and southern Arizona southeast of the Mojave Desert. The Sonoran Desert is noted as the habitat of the saguaro cactus.
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- noun a desert in southwestern Arizona
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What I am especially enjoying in the spring landscape here in the Sonoran Desert is the mixture of color; species interspersed.
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What I am especially enjoying in the spring landscape here in the Sonoran Desert is the mixture of color; species interspersed.
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I believe it is called the Sonoran Desert, very specific to that region of the United States and the North of Mexico.
PhotocatsEyes 2009
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The first Dewey-less libraries were converted conventional libraries, but soon the librarians had a chance to design a building from scratch in the far reaches of their district, out at the edge of the Sonoran Desert and the White Tank Mountains.
Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011
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The first Dewey-less libraries were converted conventional libraries, but soon the librarians had a chance to design a building from scratch in the far reaches of their district, out at the edge of the Sonoran Desert and the White Tank Mountains.
Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011
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The first Dewey-less libraries were converted conventional libraries, but soon the librarians had a chance to design a building from scratch in the far reaches of their district, out at the edge of the Sonoran Desert and the White Tank Mountains.
Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011
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The first Dewey-less libraries were converted conventional libraries, but soon the librarians had a chance to design a building from scratch in the far reaches of their district, out at the edge of the Sonoran Desert and the White Tank Mountains.
Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011
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Located in the stunning Sonoran Desert, just two hours east of Los Angeles, Palm Springs is a warm winter cultural oasis, boasting the highly regarded Palm Springs Art Museum, a thriving scene of more than 60 art galleries, and some of the nation's most treasured Modernist architectural gems.
Bill Bush: Fair to Mid-Century-Land: This Artweek.LA (February 13, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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The first Dewey-less libraries were converted conventional libraries, but soon the librarians had a chance to design a building from scratch in the far reaches of their district, out at the edge of the Sonoran Desert and the White Tank Mountains.
Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011
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The first Dewey-less libraries were converted conventional libraries, but soon the librarians had a chance to design a building from scratch in the far reaches of their district, out at the edge of the Sonoran Desert and the White Tank Mountains.
Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011
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