The Tule Desert is a small desert located in southwestern

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near the

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border. It is considered to be part of the Lower Colorado Valley region of the

Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert () is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It ...

. It lies in a north–south direction to the east of the Cabeza Prieta Mountains and almost entirely in the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range. The Tule Desert also lies on the northern border of the Gran Desierto de Altar of

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, Mexico.

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Sonoran Desert
Sonoran Desert Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States Ecoregions of the United States Deserts of the Lower Colorado River Valley Deserts of the Gran Desierto de Altar Deserts of Arizona {{YumaCountyAZ-geo-stub

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