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The Gran Desierto de Altar is one of the major sub-ecoregions of the Sonoran Desert, located in the State of Sonora, in northwest Mexico.
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar) is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] managed by the federal government of Mexico, specifically by Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the state governments of Sonora and the Tohono O'odham.
The El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve, in the Spanish language Reserva de la Biosfera el Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, managed by the Mexican Federal Government's SEMARNAT - the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the government of the State of Sonora's IMADES ...
El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar), is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site [4] It is in the Sonoran Desert in the eastern part Gran Desierto de Altar, just south of the border with Arizona, United States and north of the city of Puerto Peñasco.
Within the southern Sonoran Desert in Mexico is found the Gran Desierto de Altar, with the El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, encompassing 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi) of desert and mountainous regions. [7] The biosphere reserve includes the only active erg dune region in North America.
El Elegante (Spanish for elegant one) is a maar (a type of volcanic crater) located in the Gran Desierto de Altar in the Sonoran Desert, Mexico. At 250 metres (820 ft) deep and 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) across, it is the largest in the volcanic complex of Pinacate Peaks.
Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico; Baja California desert, State of Baja California, Mexico Vizcaíno Desert, central State of Baja California, Mexico; Chihuahuan Desert. Trans-Pecos Desert, west Texas; White Sands, unusual gypsum dune field in New Mexico
From top, left to right: Camaronero Monument, View of the Gran Desierto de Altar from Puerto Peñasco, Puerto Peñasco fishing vessels, Plaza Gobernadores, Aerial view of Puerto Penasco, Boats in the Puerto Peñasco fishing harbor, Skyline view at sunset