Mojave Desert

Or Mohave Desert

noun

1. a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).

Mojave Desert

noun

1. a desert in S California, south of the Sierra Nevada: part of the Great Basin. Area: 38 850 sq km (15 000 sq miles)

Mojave Desert

1. Area of low, barren mountains and flat valleys in southern California.

Location of Death Valley National Monument.

Lowest point in the United States.

Example Sentences

They eventually triggered on June 28 the magnitude 7.3 Landers earthquake in the Mojave Desert — strong enough to cause shaking in Denver — and, hours later, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake to hit Big Bear.

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About 500 immigrants are being housed at the 2,560 bed facility in the struggling Mojave Desert town as they fight deportation.

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In Southern California, the weather service issued a flood watch for Death Valley National Park, the eastern and western Mojave Desert and Morongo Basin warning of moderate to heavy rainfall.

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The trees are also a linchpin of the Mojave Desert ecosystem.

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The Mojave Desert has also been issued an extreme heat warning, with temperatures expected to reach 110, hitting as high as 122 degrees in Death Valley.

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