Chihuahuan Desert topographic map

Name: Chihuahuan Desert topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Chihuahuan Desert, Otero County, New Mexico, United States (32.78739 -106.18660 32.78749 -106.18650)

Average elevation: 4,006 ft

Minimum elevation: 3,986 ft

Maximum elevation: 4,029 ft

There are several larger mountain ranges in the Chihuahan Desert, including the Sierra Madre, the Sierra del Carmen, the Organ Mountains, the Franklin Mountains, the Sacramento Mountains, the Chisos Mountains, the Guadalupe Mountains, and the Davis Mountains. These create "sky islands" of cooler, wetter, climates adjacent to, or within the desert, and such elevated areas have both coniferous and broadleaf woodlands, including forests along drainages and favored exposures. The lower elevations of the Sandia–Manzano Mountains, the Magdalena–San Mateo Mountains, and the Gila Region partly border the Chihuahuan Desert and partly border other ecoregions that are not deserts.