- The northeastern "tail" of the Sonoran Desert encompasses western parts of southern Arizona as well as southeastern California and northwestern Mexico ... The northwestern "tail" of the Chihuahuan Desert can be found in the eastern edge of southern Arizona as well as southern New Mexico, Texas and north-central Mexico ... Whew! ... got all that?
- But WOW! Not just one, but TWO deserts with different characteristics, critters, vegetation ...
- Both deserts extend well into northern Mexico, but the "tails" are in southern Arizona!
