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ID: 7021273
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7021273

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Sonoran Desert (desert)  Sonoran Desert (desert)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 15 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 32.2500  decimal degrees
Long: 114 30 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -114.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Extends across California and Arizona states, United States, and northern Mexico.

Names:
Sonoran Desert (preferred,C,V)
Sonora Desert (C,V)
Carson Plains (C,V)  ............ named for Kit Carson, who crossed this desert following the Gila river
Desierto Grande (C,V)
Desierto de Altar (C,V)
Altar, Desierto de (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sonoran Desert (desert)  ........  Sonoran Desert (desert) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Arizona (state)  ............  Arizona (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Sonoran Desert (desert)  ................  Sonoran Desert (desert)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Sonoran Desert (desert)  ................  Sonoran Desert (desert)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mexico (nation)  ........  Mexico (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sonoran Desert (desert)  ............  Sonoran Desert (desert) (P)

Place Types:
desert (preferred, C)
plain (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Altar, Desierto de..........  [VP]
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Carson Plains..........  [VP]
..........................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036289
Desierto de Altar..........  [VP]
................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036289
Desierto Grande..........  [VP]
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036289
Sonora Desert..........  [VP]
..........................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036289
Sonoran Desert..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) Plate 102
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036289
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) Plate 102
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036289
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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