The Three Little Javelinas

Location: The Sonoran Desert

• A large North American desert that covers the Southwestern United States in Arizona, California, and Northwestern Mexico

The Sonoran Desert

Climate• In some parts, the temperature can reach a

high of 134º F in the shade!• One of the wettest deserts in North America– Averages from 3-16 inches of rain in one year

Javelina• They are in the pig family, but are also related to the hippopotamus!

Saguaro

•A type of cactus

•Can grow over 70 feet tall!

•Is a native plate to the Sonoran Desert

Adobe• Spanish word for mud brick• Made from sand, clay, water and sticks or straw• shaped into bricks using molds and dried in the sun

Adobe house