American Southwest
Cactus and canyon country
The American Southwest is the arid region of the southwestern United States, typically including Arizona, New Mexico, and portions of neighboring states like Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Texas.
The area is known for its desert landscapes, Native American and Hispanic cultural heritage, and distinctive architecture.
They retired to the American Southwest for the dry climate.
- Joshua treeMojave's signature yucca
- tumbleweedsWind-driven dried plants
- yuccaSpiny desert plant
- adobeSun-dried clay bricks
- adobe brickSun-baked earthen block
cactus · desert · turquoise · rattlesnake · Ancestral Puebloans · canyon · mesa · Hopi · sagebrush · butte · arroyo · Mojave Desert · Navajo · petroglyph · pueblo · kiva · indigenous resistance · Spanish missions
American SouthwestAmerican Northeast
Upper Atlantic coastal states
Pacific Northwest · New England · Northeastern United States · Great Lakes region · Upper Midwest
American Southwesttemperate rainforest
Mild, wet forest ecosystem
tundra · boreal forest · subarctic · tropical wetlands · swampland
American SouthwestPacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
Cascadia · Alaska · New England · the Everglades · Louisiana bayous