The main desert-covered parts of the United States are in the southwest, in a few deserts, that cover much of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada. Also portions of west Texas, western Colorado, southwest Wyoming and eastern California are desert.
The four main North American deserts are:
Mojave Desert - eastern California, southern Nevada, southwest Utah, northwest Arizona.
Great Basin Desert - Nevada, western Utah, northeast California & southeast Oregon, some bits of Idaho and Wyoming.
Sonoran Desert - Arizona, some bits of southeast California, and extends into Mexico.
Chihuahua Desert - southern New Mexico, west Texas, southeast Arizona.
Alaska does have some 'cold deserts' where there is extremely low precipitation.
The "Desert of Maine" appears to be a bit misnamed, in my opinion. While it has a major deposit of sand, left from glacial debris, a desert is defined more by the level of evapotranspiration (or sometimes just precipitation) than the terrain. Just because it has sand doesn't make it a desert - and many desert areas aren't sandy, but are rocky or mountainous instead.
2006-12-18 13:58:35
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answered by jawajames 5
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New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, Texas, Idaho, Oregon
plus there is one in Maine
2006-12-18 11:50:06
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answered by not_so_little_black_dress 3
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here in france when we ask a question about desert ot desertification the ya-oo mode-rators remote the question because the buziness of water don't want french poeple talk about it
2006-12-22 10:09:32
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answered by pingouin 3
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texas, new mexico,arizona,california,utah,nevada,maybe alaska (because certain artic areas are considered deserts because of a lack of precipitation)
oh yeah...oregon & maine.
2006-12-18 11:42:23
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answered by rwasham729 4
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