Escalante Desert
The Escalante Desert is a geographic Great Basin region and arid desert ecoregion, in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, located in southwestern Utah.
Geography
The Escalante Desert is northwest of Cedar City in Iron County, Utah, and extends into part of Millard County.[1] The region spans most of Iron County, which annually has Script error: No such module "convert". rainfall and Script error: No such module "convert". snowfall.[2] The Escalante region also lies primarily between State Route 56 and Route 21, as well as north and west of Interstate 15.
From the Escalante Desert region's peripheral ridges, the elevation slowly declines to Lund Flats (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".),[1] which has railroad tracks between Milford and Lund.
Subsidence
Near Beryl Junction (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[1] are 3 fissures formed by suspected groundwater-related subsidence caused by groundwater extraction for agricultural irrigation.[3]
References
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