Sonora River

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Watershed

The Sonora River watershed covers Script error: No such module "convert". of public land. Slopes range from steep orientations in the upper part of the watershed to more gradual topographies in the valleys. The Sonora River watershed is subdivided into six smaller watersheds.[1]

Ecology

Biotic communities found within the watershed in order of importance by the area covered are the Sinaloan thornscrub, the plains of Sonora subdivision, semidesert grasslands, the Madrean evergreen woodland, and the central gulf coast subdivision.[2] Average annual precipitation is Script error: No such module "convert". which occurs in two seasons, late summer-early fall and winter-early spring.[1]

Physician naturalist Edgar Alexander Mearns' 1907 report of beaver (Castor canadensis) on the Sonora River may be the southernmost extent of the range of this North American aquatic mammal.[3]

See also

References

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External links

  • [1] Sonora
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