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The Alvord Desert is a desert located in Harney County in southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It is roughly southeast of Steens Mountain. The Alvord Desert is a 12-by-7-mile (19 by 11 km) dry lake bed and averages 7 inches (180 mm) of rain a year. Two mountain ranges separate it from the Pacific Ocean—the Coast Range and the Cascade Mountains. Along with Steens Mountain these topographical features create a rain shadow.

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