Colorado Desert

American  

noun

1. an arid region in SE California, W of the Colorado River. About 2,500 sq. mi. (6,475 sq. km).

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Colorado Desert British  

noun

1. an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

In the subsequent three decades, the average the tortoise population has fallen by an average of 1% per year in locations like the Eastern Mojave and Colorado Desert recovery units.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024

The proposed monument would also help safeguard the ecologically rich but vulnerable Colorado Desert bioregion.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2023

But when they got to the festival site in the Colorado Desert, they were told Ocean had injured his ankle and the ice was being melted.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

We drove south to Salvation Mountain, one man’s remote, paint-drenched monument to God in the Colorado Desert.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2016

After we get cooled off in the mountains, if you folks think you wish to go on down into the Colorado Desert, I will show you some real desert heat.

From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]