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Definition of Mohave desert
1. Noun. A desert area in southern California and western Arizona.
Generic synonyms: Desert
Group relationships: Arizona, Az, Grand Canyon State, Ca, Calif., California, Golden State
Terms within: Death Valley
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mohave Desert
Literary usage of Mohave desert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1873)
"In winter time the northwest winds also prevail over the entire mohave desert,
but having lost most of their moisture on the passage across the high ranges, ..."
2. Investigations of Infra-red Spectra by William Weber Coblentz (1908)
"THE mohave desert. Ascending from the San Bernardino Valley northward through
the long climb of Cajon Pass, the railroad at last emerges from the dense ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"THE mohave desert OF TO-DAY The mohave desert area of California has been generally
recognized as one of the least attractive portions of the southwest. ..."
4. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"The area of the bunch-grass prairie has been extended to the edge of the Mohave
Desert, and it now appears highly probable that the ..."
5. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee (1915)
"Flora of the mohave desert.—With the exception of the upper altitudes of the
higher mountains the entire Mohave region belongs to the Lower Sonoran life ..."
6. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee, Betty Hoag McGlynn (1915)
"Flora of the mohave desert.—With the exception of the upper altitudes of the
higher mountains the entire Mohave region belongs to the Lower Sonoran life ..."
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