CHIHUAHUA DESERT
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White Sands National Monument can be found in the Chihuahuan Desert, which spreads from southern New Mexico / western Texas down to Mexico.

Here's another good map of the Chihuahuan Desert.

Most of the Chihuahuan Desert lies in Mexico. In the United States, it reaches into Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

The Chihuahuan Desert, in turn, is part of the North American Desert, or Great American Desert, which stretches from southern Oregon / Idaho to Mexico. 

With the Chihuahuan Desert it goes the way it does with many deserts - its wildlife and plant populations have decreased and it has become much more barren. The pros call it desertification and that's not a good thing.

Desertification also means water is in short supply. The driest month in the Chihuahuan Desert is March, averaging just 0.27 inches of precipitation.
 

To the best of our knowledge all information is current. If you should discover any errors, however, please let us know via mail[at]white-sands-new-mexico.com. Thanks!

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