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Several larger mountain ranges, including the [[Sacramento Mountains]] the [[Guadalupe Mountains]] and the [[Davis mountains]] create "islands" of cooler, rainier, [[microclimate]]s within the desert, and have conifer forests.
The Chihuahuan desert is higher in elevation than the [[Sonoran Desert]] to the west, mostly varying from 600[[metre|m]] to 1675m (1,970-5,500 [[feet]]) in altitude. As a consequence, it tends to have a slighly milder [[climate]] in the [[summer]] (though usually daytime [[June]] [[temperature]]s are in the range of 35-40° C or 95-104°F). [[Winter]] weather often varies from relatively mild to quite cold. [[Precipitation]] is somwhat more abundant than most of the southern [[Great Basin]], [[Sonora]]n, and [[Mojave]] deserts, however it is still less than 10 [[inch]]es of 254[[mm]] per year, with much of the rain falling during the "[[monsoon]]" of late summer. [[Snow]]fall is scant except the higher elevations.▼
==Vegetation==▼
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▲The Chihuahuan desert is higher in elevation than the [[Sonoran Desert]] to the west, mostly varying from 600[[metre|m]] to 1675m (1,970-5,500 [[feet]]) in altitude. As a consequence, it tends to have a slighly milder [[climate]] in the [[summer]] (though usually daytime [[June]] [[temperature]]s are in the range of 35-40° C or 95-104°F). [[Winter]] weather often varies from relatively mild to quite cold. [[Precipitation]] is somwhat more abundant than most of the southern [[Great Basin]], [[Sonora]]n, and [[Mojave]] deserts, however it is still less than 10 [[inch]]es of 254[[mm]] per year, with much of the rain falling during the "[[monsoon]]" of late summer. [[Snow]]fall is scant except the higher elevations.
▲==Vegetation==
See: [[Agave]] -- [[Creosote bush]] -- [[Mesquite]] -- [[Prickly pear]]-- [[Yucca]] -- [[Grasses]]
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