Question: resources of the west region of the united states

title: Southwestern United States
text: The term `` High Desert '' is also synonymous with this region . The High Desert is generally defined as the Mojave Desert , which extends from inland southern California into southern Nevada , and southwestern Utah . The High Desert also extends into other parts of the Northwest , such as the Red Desert in southwestern Wyoming . The High Desert is very different from the general desert lands found in Arizona , in the Sonoran Desert . This area of the desert land generally sits at a very high elevation , much higher than the normal desert land , and can receive very cold temperatures at night in the winter ( with the exception of California , southern Nevada and southwestern Utah ) , sometimes near zero degrees on very cold nights . The High Desert also receives a decent amount of snowfall in the winter ( with the exception of California , southern Nevada and southwestern Utah ) but melts very quickly . Monument