Sonoran Spring is a photograph by Dick Botkin which was uploaded on May 12th, 2013.
Sonoran Spring
The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur (El Vizca Biosphere Reserve in central... more
by Dick Botkin
Title
Sonoran Spring
Artist
Dick Botkin
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur (El Vizca Biosphere Reserve in central and Pacific west coast, Central Gulf Coast subregion on east to southern tip), north through much of Baja California, excluding the central northwest mountains and Pacific west coast, through southeastern California and southwestern and southern Arizona to western and central parts of Sonora.
It is bounded on the west by the Peninsular Ranges, which separate it from the California chaparral and woodlands (northwest) and Baja California desert (Vizcaino subregion, central and southeast) ecoregions of the Pacific slope. To the north in California and northwest Arizona, the Sonoran Desert transitions to the colder-winter, higher-elevation Mojave, Great Basin, and Colorado Plateau deserts.
To the east and southeast, the deserts transition to the coniferous Arizona Mountains forests and Sierra Madre and Sierra Madre Occidental pineoak forests at higher elevations. To the south the SonoranSinaloan transition subtropical dry forest is the transition zone from the Sonoran Desert to the tropical dry forests of the state of Sinaloa.
Uploaded
May 12th, 2013