Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America. It is in the Southwestern United States, primarily within southeastern California and southern Nevada, and it occupies 47,877 sq mi, making it the smallest of the North American deserts.The spelling Mojave originates from the Spanish language while the spelling Mohave comes from modern English.
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Mojave Desert
- Type: Desert
- 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 |
Elevation 4308 feet (1313 metres) | GeoNames ID 5373972 |
Also Known As
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: 모하비 사막
- Korean: 모하비사막
- Latvian: Mohaves tuksnesis
- Lithuanian: Mohavio dykuma
- Lithuanian: Mohavių dykuma
- Lithuanian: Mohavės dykuma
- Lithuanian: Mojave dykuma
- Macedonian: Мохаве
- Malay: 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
- Scottish Gaelic: Fàsach Mhojave
- Scottish Gaelic: Fàsach Mojave
- Scottish Gaelic: Mojave Desert
- 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
- 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, Kern County, California
In the Area
Localities
- Mountain PassHamlet
- Wheaton SpringsHamlet, 7 miles northeast
- Valley Wells Station7 miles west
- Yucca GroveHamlet, 12 miles west
- JoshuaLocality, 13 miles southeast
- CimaHamlet, 13 miles south
Landmarks
- Mojave DesertHeath
- Silver Star MineQuarry
- Blue Buzzard MineQuarry
- Iron Horse MineQuarry
- Agnes MineQuarry
- Striped MountainSummit
Popular Destinations in Desert
Escape to a Random Place
| Angkor Archaeological ParkCambodia | Quebec CityCanada |
| MongoliaEast Asia | Saint JohnU.S. Virgin Islands |
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