The Desert Speaks

Mountain Building in the Desert

The basin and range geological formation of the mountains in the Sonoran Desert region is unique to the planet. This program tells the geological story of these mountain ranges, and explains why the Sonoran Desert landscape we see today were formed during the reign of the dinosaur, 65 million years ago. Also, visit an archaeological site that shows Imperial Mammoths ranged into this region

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