what are some of the animals found here?
Bobcat, coyote, black bear, black-tailed jackrabbit, desert cottontail, desert bighorn sheep, mule deer, white-tailed deer, gray fox, mountain lion, river otter, long-tailed weasel, western spotted skunk, pronghorn, raccoon, and many more
Southwestern United States
Mammal species include the bobcat, coyote, black bear, black-tailed jackrabbit, desert cottontail, desert bighorn sheep, mule deer, white-tailed deer, gray fox, mountain lion, river otter, long-tailed weasel, western spotted skunk, pronghorn, raccoon, and Ord's kangaroo rat, all of which can be found in parts of every southwestern state. Elk are found in parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. White-nosed coati, coati, and collared peccaryor "javelina"in the Southwest are normally found in southern areas of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas near the Mexican border. Jaguars can be found in the bootheel region of Southwestern New Mexico. The Mexican wolf ("Canis lupus baileyi") was reintroduced to Arizona and New Mexico in 1998. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study reported a minimum population of 109 Mexican wolves in southwest New Mexico and southeast Arizona at the end of 2014.

There is a large contingent of snakes native to the region. Among them include the rosy boa ("Lich
where is the colorado river located on the map Southwestern United States and northern Mexico what are its tributaries? Gila River, Gunnison river, San Juan river, Green river, etc. who were the early settlers here? Spanish what kind of plants are found here? Creosote bush, saguaro cactus, and Joshua trees, etc. how has the environment been effected? Reduction in flow caused by dams, diversions, water for thermoelectric power stations, and evaporation losses from reservoirs – the latter of which consumes more than 15 percent of the river's natural runoff—has had severe ecological consequences in the Colorado River Delta and the Gulf of California. are there any parks at the former location of the river mentioned earlier? Yes, the southwestern United States contains many well-known national parks including Grand Canyon , Death Valley,  Great Sand Dunes ,  Arches, etc. when did the europeans arrived? 1539
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Southwestern United States [SEP] Wildlife
Jaguars can be found in the bootheel region of Southwestern New Mexico. The Mexican wolf ("Canis lupus baileyi") was reintroduced to Arizona and New Mexico in 1998. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study reported a minimum population of 109 Mexican wolves in southwest New Mexico and southeast Arizona at the end of 2014. There is a large contingent of snakes native to the region. Among them include the rosy boa ("Lichanura trivirgata"); several sub-species of the glossy snake ("Arizona elegans"); the Trans-Pecos ratsnake ("Bogertophis subocularis"); several sub-species of shovel-nosed snakes; several sub-species of kingsnake, including the desert kingsnake ("Lampropeltis getula splendida") and the Arizona mountain kingsnake ("Lampropeltis pyromelana"); the Arizona coral snake ("Micruroides euryxanthus"); the western diamondback rattlesnake ("Crotalus atrox"); the Trans-Pecos copperhead ("Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster"); the Sonoran sidewinder ("Crotalus cerastes cercobombus"); the Arizona black rattlesnake ("Crotalus oreganus cerberus"); the western rattlesnake ("Crotalus viridis"); the Grand Canyon rattlesnake ("Crotalus oreganus abyssus"), found only in Arizona; several sub-species of the ridge-nosed rattlesnake ("Crotalus willardi"), the most recent rattlesnake species to be discovered in the United States, including the New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnake ("Crotalus willardi obscurus"), and the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake, the state reptile of Arizona; and the desert massasauga ("Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii").