Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert is a xeric desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people.
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Mojave Desert
- Type: Heath
- Description: desert in southwestern United States
- Categories: desert and WWF ecoregion
- Location: Desert, California, United States, North America
Latitude 35.4167° or 35° 24' 59.9" north | Longitude -115.5842° or 115° 35' 3" west |
Open Location Code 8576CC88+M8 | Elevation 4,308 feet (1,313 metres) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 369165244 | GeoNames ID 5373972 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Disyerto Mojave
- Arabic: الصحراء العالية
- Arabic: صحراء موجيف
- Arabic: صحراء موهافا
- Arabic: صحراء موهافي
- Arabic: صحراء موييف
- Armenian: Մոհավի (անապատ)
- Armenian: Մոհավի
- Azerbaijani: Moxave
- Basque: Mojave
- Belarusian: Махавэ
- Bengali: মোহাভি মরুভূমি
- Breton: Dezerzh Mojave
- Bulgarian: Мохаве
- Catalan: Desert de Mojave
- Catalan: Desert del Mojave
- Catalan: Hayikwiir Mat'aar
- Cebuano: Mojave Desert
- Central Kurdish: بیابانی مۆجاڤی
- Chinese: 莫哈維沙漠
- Chinese: 莫哈韋沙漠
- Chinese: 莫哈韦沙漠
- Czech: Mohavská poušť
- Danish: Mojave-ørkenen
- Danish: Mojave Desert
- Danish: Mojaveørkenen
- Dutch: Mohave Desert
- Dutch: Mohavewoestijn
- Dutch: Mojave desert
- Dutch: Mojavewoestijn
- Egyptian Spoken Arabic: صحرا موهافى
- English: Mojave
- Esperanto: Mohave-dezerto
- Esperanto: Mohave
- Esperanto: Mojave-Dezerto
- Estonian: Mojave kõrb
- Finnish: Mohaven aavikko
- Finnish: Mojave
- Finnish: Mojaven aavikko
- Finnish: Mojaven autiomaa
- French: Desert des Mojaves
- French: Désert Mojave
- French: Désert de Mohave
- French: Désert de Mojave
- French: Désert des Mojaves
- French: Désert du Mojave
- French: désert des Mojaves
- Gaelic (Scots): Fàsach Mhojave
- Gaelic (Scots): Fàsach Mojave
- Gaelic (Scots): Mojave Desert
- Georgian: მოხავეს უდაბნო
- Georgian: მოჰავეს უდაბნო
- German: Mohave-Wüste
- German: Mojave-Wüste
- German: Mojavewüste
- Greek: Έρημος Μοχάβι
- Greek: Μοχάβι
- Greek: έρημος Μοχάβε
- Hebrew: מדבר מוהאבי
- Hindi: मोज़ाबे मरुस्थल
- Hungarian: Mojave-sivatag
- Indonesian: Gurun Mojave
- Indonesian: Gurun Nevada
- Irish: Gaineamhlach Mojave
- Italian: Deserto di Mojave
- Italian: deserto del Mojave
- Japanese: モハベ砂漠
- Japanese: モハービ砂漠
- Japanese: モハーベ砂漠
- Japanese: モハーヴェ砂漠
- Kannada: ಮೊಜಾವೆ ಮರುಭೂಮಿ
- Kazakh: Moxave şöli
- Kazakh: Мохаве шөлі
- Kazakh: موحاۆە ٴشولى
- Kirghiz: Мохаве
- Korean: 모하비사막
- Korean: 모하비 사막
- Latvian: Mohaves tuksnesis
- Lithuanian: Mohavio dykuma
- Lithuanian: Mohavių dykuma
- Lithuanian: Mohavės dykuma
- Lithuanian: Mojave dykuma
- Macedonian: Мохаве
- Malay (generic): Gurun Mojave
- Malayalam: മൊജാവെ മരുഭൂമി
- Norwegian: Mojaveørkenen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mohaveørkenen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mojave
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mojaveørkenen
- Panjabi: ਮੋਹਾਵੇ ਮਾਰੂਥਲ
- Persian: بیابان موهاوه
- Persian: بیابان موهاوی
- Persian: صحرای موجاوه
- Persian: صحرای موهاوی
- Polish: Mojave
- Portuguese: Deserto de Mojave
- Portuguese: Deserto do Mojave
- Romanian: Deşertul mojave
- Romanian: Deșertul Mojave
- Russian: Мохава
- Russian: Мохаве
- Russian: Пустыня Мохаве
- Scots: Anialwch Mojave
- Slovak: Hayikwiir Mat'aar
- Slovak: Mohavská púšť
- Spanish: Desierto de Mojave
- Swedish: Mojaveöknen
- Swedish: Nevadaöknen
- Tamil: மொகாவி பாலைவனம்
- Thai: ทะเลทรายโมฮาวี
- Turkish: Mojave Çölü
- Ukrainian: Мохаве
- Urdu: صحرائے موجاو
- Vietnamese: Hoang mạc Mojave
- Vietnamese: Sa mạc Mojave
- Waray (Philippines): Disyerto Mojave
- Western Panjabi: موجاو
- Wu Chinese: 莫哈韦沙漠
- Yoruba: Mojave Desert
- Yue Chinese: 莫哈韋沙漠
- Amacabos
- Amacava
- Amachaves*
- Amaguaguas
- Amahuayas
- Amajabas
- Amajavas
- Amochave*
- Amohah*
- Amojaves
- Amoxami
- Amoxawi
- Amuchaba
- Deserto del Mojave
- Dilzhay
- Hamochkhaves
- Hamoekhave*
- Hamokaba*
- Hamokavi
- Hamokeavi
- Hamukahava
- Hardilzhay
- Hatilshe*
- Hukwats*
- Jamajabas
- Jamajabs
- Jamajas
- Jamalas
- Machaves*
- Machavis*
- Macjave
- Mahaos*
- Majabos
- Majave
- Mohahve
- Mohavi
- Mohawa
- Mohawe
- Mojaoes
- Mojaris
- Mojaur
- Mokhabas
- Molxaves
- Moyave
- Naksat*
- Soyopas
- Tamajabs
- Tamasabes
- Tamasabs
- Tzinamaa
- Wah muk a hah've
- Wa makava
- Wibukapa
- Wili idahape*
- Yamagas*
- Yamajab
- Yamaya
- मोहावी मरुस्थल
Other Places Named Mojave Desert
- Fremont ValleyValley in Kern County, California
In the Area
Localities
- Mountain PassHamlet, 4½ miles northeast
- Valley Wells Rest AreaHamlet, 7 miles west
- Valley Wells Rest AreaHamlet, 7 miles west
- Wheaton SpringsHamlet, 7 miles northeast
Landmarks
- Silver Star MineQuarry, 3 miles east
- Blue Buzzard MineQuarry, 3 miles northeast
- Iron Horse MineQuarry, 3 miles east
- Agnes MineQuarry, 3½ miles north
Popular Destinations in Desert
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