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Sonoran

Sonoran \So*no"ran\, a. (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the arid division of the Austral zone, including the warmer parts of the western United States and central Mexico. It is divided into the

Upper Sonoran, which lies next to the Transition zone, and the

Lower Sonoran, next to the Tropical.

Usage examples of "sonoran".

For example, in Whitewater Canyon are Arizona Alders, Netleaf Oaks, and Narrowleaf Cottonwoods - plants typical of the foothills rather than of the low Sonoran valleys.

I reminded myself I had even touched one, in a state of seminormal consciousness in the Sonoran desert.