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The Chihuahuan Desert, set in an immerse arid plateau in the core of southern North America, is the largest desert on that continent. The grandeur of its dimensions can be appreciated by comparisons with the better known western deserts of the United States. The Mojave, Great Basin and Colorado Deserts combined are still inferior to the Chihuanhuan in surface area occupied. In total surface area, it is about 450,000 km2.
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Morafka, D.J. (1977). The Physiography of the Chihuahuan Desert. In: A Biogeographical Analysis of the Chihuahuan Desert through its Herpetofauna. Biogeographica, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1318-5_4
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