A black and white landscape photo of the Sonoran Desert, featuring towering a Saguaro Cactus.
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JEFF SMITH / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3413 x 5120 px | 28.9 x 43.3 cm | 11.4 x 17.1 inches | 300dpiMore information:
A black and white landscape photo of the Sonoran Desert, featuring a towering Saguaro Cactus with several arms (showing that it has lived a very long time). The Sonoran Desert (sometimes called the Gila Desert after the Gila River) is a North American desert which straddles part of the U.S.-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the Mexican state of Sonora. It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 120, 000 square miles (311, 000 km²). The desert contains a variety of unique plants and animals, such as the saguaro cactus. The Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The common name of the cactus, saguaro, is a Spanish-language corruption of a word used by a local aboriginal American nation, the Tohono O'odham, for the plant. Saguaros are slow growing, taking up to 75 years to develop a side shoot. Some specimens may live for more than 200 years. Also search Jeff Smith and Fotosmith for similar images.