Chap. IX] 



DESERTS 



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south, and in places are the highest temperatures reached in North 

 America. 



In the same latitudes as the desert, on the eastern declivity of the Rocky 



Fig. 371. North American desert. Sarcobatus Baileyi, Cov. After Coville. 



Mountains, in particular in the western parts of South Dakota, Wyoming, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, and in the east of New Mexico, the climate 



