Arizona has four major deserts:
Chihuahuan Desert in the southeast
Sonoran Desert in the central and west
Colorado Plateau Desert in the northeast.
Mojave Desert in the southwest
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The following deserts are found in parts of Arizona:
Sonoran Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Mojave Desert
Colorado Plateau Desert (includes the Painted Desert)
The largest of the deserts in Arizona is the Colorado Plateau Desert followed by the Sonoran Desert with the Chihuahuan Desert in third place. The Mojave is in 4th place.
The following deserts enter Arizona:
1.) Sonoran Desert
2.) Colorado Plateau Desert
3.) Chihuahuan Desert
4.) Mojave Desert
There are about 2 dozen major desert areas of the world as well as numerous smaller arid regions. The three largest deserts are:
Antarctic Desert
Sahara
Arabian Desert
The Southern part of Arizona has a desert climate.
Arizona is in the Southwestern region of the United States of America. There is no desert named "Arizona Desert" might have been confused with Sonoran Desert which is also in he Northern part of Mexico.
The Sonoran Desert is the hottest in Arizona. Temperatures in summer can approach or even exceed 120 degrees F in parts.
The Painted Desert is in northern Arizona and covers a vast area from the Grand Canyon to Petrified Forest National Park.
Alaska has no major true desert areas but if it did, they would be much colder than Arizona.