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Vol. XII. No. 1 June, 
190!. Whole No. 102. 
Established 1884. 
THE WEST AMERICAN SCIENTIST. 
Published oe 
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THE COLORADO DESERT. 
st triangular-depressed plain, 
below the level of for a large 
rtion of its rface, with p- 
proximate are velve million 
Ss t one-half of which lies 
n. te ry), and mpara 
tively desti e of verdure or of ani- 
tai and the lorado river of th 
west, extending from e San Gor- 
ra) ass, at the base the S 
Ber dino mountains, on the h, 
to the shores of the Gulf of Califor 
nia, on uth, and forms one 
the most extensive d mportant 
portions of the arid regions of the 
Tnite Naa es. n the orth nd 
nor is separated from 
more elevated hey ins of the 
b ow ay ai of denuded 
e San Bernar- 
o mountains to near the junction 
of the Gila and Colorado rivers. 
lar arid conditions exist 
a. p iarly approp me, 
from the great abundance va. 
iety of lizards, but robably given 
from some fancied resémblance in the 
outline of these hills to this nimble 
animal, 
Th peninsula range of mountains. 
with a varying altitude of four thou- 
Sand to eleven thousand feet, rise in 
recipitous abruptness m th 
western borders of the ins. The 
eres this mountain nge forms 
sharp and well-defined line o de- 
markation betwe région 
undreds, often thous Ss 6 et in 
eight, present small induce ents for 
plant grow and 
the less precipitou 
banks are but ae htly 1 ; 
botanical eA mips aes. 
harvest ami scene 
that for beauty and grandeur waule 
o, Bat. Carden 
