Talk:Chihuahuan Desert

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This is a very interesting desert, which can be varied in many different ways. it has a rainfall od 10 inches (254mm) every year. It has many rivers running through it and can be classified as a desert. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.157.132 (talk) 16:57, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

As a resident of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico, we draw the northern boundary far north of what is indicated here, including most of New Mexico's central area, extending northward to Albuquerque (Abu Quiu).Gaedheal (talk) 23:44, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Most ecologists do not include the region of Albuquerque. I'm not sure about the Rio Grande Valley itself in that region, but the surrounding mountains are part of the southern Rocky Mountains and the region to the east is part of the Great Plains.--Curtis Clark (talk) 03:16, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Especially if you consider posted graphic which doesn't extend much north of Las Cruces. 67.134.23.1 (talk) 22:21, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I lived in Albuquerque for two decades, and the first thing that struck me was the different climate and flora than the Great Basin desert or high plains, which many place Albuquerque and areas between Cochiti Pueblo and Bernardo. Summer rainfall maximum, arid, and mesothermal temperature regime with hot summers to me indicate Chihuahuan Desert, as do many of the native species. Though I would add much of the central valley is an ecotone with the Colorado Plateau and Four Corners region.
 * As far as the Sandia Mountains, the foothills don't much resemble the Rocky Mountains, even 60 miles north along the Sangre de Cristo by Santa Fe. Meanwhile the Sandia and Manzano mountain foothills flora does resemble that of the Sacramento, Capitan, and Organ mountains, as well as portions of the Gila Region. "New Mexico in Maps" by Jerry L. Williams (UNM Press), describes the physiographic province of the Sandia and Manzano mountains as "Mexican Highland Section" of the "Basin and Range Province" - the "Southern Rocky Mountain Province" lies to the north, includeing the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and would seem to be formed from different processes. The USGS has uses a similar classification: https://www.nps.gov/articles/basinrange.htm "Arizona-New Mexico Mountains" ecoregion best describes the Sandia-Manzano Mountains, located between the Rockies and Sierra Madre and sharing attributes of both, depending on elevation and location. DesertDAC (talk) 22:09, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

characteristics
The characteristics of this desert in relation to the book "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli, are simple. In this story, it mentions this desert alot for it takes place in Arizona. If you have any information on the symbolic meaning, please put it below. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.119.212 (talk) 20:19, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Cities don't match map
The list of cities in this ecoregion (including Albuquerque) doesn't match the map. Famartin (talk) 07:55, 9 November 2011 (UTC)


 * It would be worthwhile to include or discuss various maps, especially those with better detail and based on more information than the map used in this article. As well as what parameters and areas were used as a basis of the Chihuahuan Desert's "boundary". UTEP's Chihuahuan Desert page used to have several thumbnail maps of the "Many Chihuahuan Deserts", though the late UTEP prof. Robert Schmidt prepared a number of climate-based maps and papers on the Chihuahuan Desert. Also, that map is so coarse in detail, it goes far into the sub-humid oak woodlands and mixed grasslands of the Texas Hill Country, far different environments than is Albuquerque from accepted Las Cruces or Chihuahua CH. DesertDAC (talk) 22:19, 4 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hmm, definitions differ. A quick google shows Albuquerque not infrequently included. The page should be more clear that that ecoregion map is just one of a number of ways to map the desert. 17:19, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Elevation
The elevation of the "Highest Point" is listed at 5,495 ft. There is absolutely no way that's right. There are elevations of 8,000+ ft. just in Texas, 9--10,000 ft. in NM and 10,000 + ft. in Mexico. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.196.52 (talk) 17:27, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I just read this article myself that noted the highest point to be 12,139 feet. However, none of the mountain ranges sited in the Chihuahua Desert article have a high point at that elevation. Vsmeier2282 (talk) 06:03, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

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Chihuahuas desert biosphere reserve Crow Mountain lion Mexican wolf Coyote Javelina Rabbits Scavengers Grass — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2806:2F0:3500:E5:4C17:581:FAA5:8B63 (talk) 20:48, 19 January 2022 (UTC)