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The largest cactus in the world is the cardon cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, of Mexico. It does not occur in the United States. The saguaro cactus is smaller and is found in the Sonoran Desert and parts of the Mojave Desert.
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What desert in the US has the pippithrop cactus?
I can find no cactus named the "pippithrop cactus."
What is the large desert cactus in the US deserts that stores large amounts of water and has spines instead of leaves?
The saguaro cactus is the largest cactus in the United States. It occurs primarily in Arizona and parts of northern Mexico.
Are cactus found in forests of southeastern US?
Cactus is found in the Desert Southwest.
What is the largest desert in the world as large as the US?
The largest desert in the world is Antarctica which is much bigger than the United States. The second largest desert is the Sahara which is currently just a bit smaller than the contiguous United States.
What is the largest desert area in the US?
The largest desert in the United States is the Great Basin Desert. The largest desert in North America is the Chihuahuan Desert which extends into the United States.
Is the Sahara Desert The largest desert in the US?
The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert,The largest desert is actually Antarctica.No.The Sahara is the largest hot desert covering 3.6 million square miles, a bit larger than the Australian Outback, but ranks second in size to the Antarctic Desert which is the largest desert in the world (and the largest cold desert), covering 5.5 million square miles.trueNo.The world's largest desert is Antarctica since a desert is defined as an area receiving less than 250 mm or 10 inches of precipitation per year. The Antarctic desert covers 13.9 million square kilometres, or almost 5.5 million square miles.However, when most people think of deserts the implied thought is that they are sand based not ice based. It is also not known as the Antarctica Desert because it is not referred to as such in the text books.The Sahara is the largest hot desert. It is in northern Africa and occupies over a quarter of Africa, covering 9.1 million square kilometres, or 3.5 million square miles. It is generally more recognised as a desert because its rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of precipitation, whereas the Antarctic has a very low evaporation rate.The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world covering 3.6 milllion square miles, but Antarictica covers 5.5 million square miles and has less than 10 inches of precipitation per year. therefore Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.No, Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. The Sahara is the largest hot desert and the second largest desert.
Which desert is the biggest in the US?
The Great Basin Desert is the largest desert in the United States.
What is the main desert in the US?
The largest desert in the United States is the Great Basin Desert.
What is the largest desert in United States?
Alaska is the largest state in the US by far. It is 663,000 square miles, compared to the second largest Texas at 269,000 square miles.The largest state in the union by area is Alaska, but it ranks 47th by population among US states.The five largest states in the US are Alaska, Texas, California, Montana, and New Mexico.
Is the Sahara desert larger than the US?
Using 9,000,000 sq. km as the area of the Sahara (from Wikipedia), if the Sahara were a country, it would rank just between Brasil (8,514,877 sq. km) and China (9,598,094 sq. km). The United States is the next larger country at 9,629,091 sq. km. So no country is the "same" size as the Sahara based on these figures.
What is the major desert found in the US?
The largest desert in the United States is the Great Basin Desert.
What cactus grows in the Chihuahuan Desert in the US?
Various species of prickly pear and cholla Claret cup cactus Hedgehog cactus Peyote Rainbow cactus Corncob cactus Living rock cactus Button cactus Eagle claw cactus (aka Turk's head cactus) Fish hook barrel cactus Pincushion cactus Strawberry cactus several others
