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Mojave Desert

, Mohave Desert
a desert in S California, south of the Sierra Nevada: part of the Great Basin. Area: 38 850 sq. km (15 000 sq. miles)
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Ecological communities and processes in a Mojave Desert Ecosystem: Rock Valley, Nevada.
Vegetation is typical of the Mojave Desert and is dominated by creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) and white bursage (Ambrosia dumosa).
The White Knight aircraft takes off with SpaceShipOne from the Mojave desert Picture: REED SAXON; Pilot Mike Melvill
The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said.
Washington, April 7 ( ANI ): A new research, conducted over a period of ten years in Mojave Desert, has found that arid areas absorb an unexpectedly large amount of carbon as levels of carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere.
But in the rush to meet that deadline, critical questions aren't being asked--like whether or not the Mojave Desert is really the best place for a solar boom.
The Southern Pacific railroad parallels the Mojave River along much of its course, from the river's terminus at the Cronese Dry Lakes, in the heart of the Mojave Desert, to near its source, high in the San Bernardino Mountains.
The SpaceShipOne rocket has been designed by Scaled Composites in the Mojave desert.
Youngsters don't have to live in the heart of the Mojave Desert in order to participate in the 50-plus games, activities, and experiments detailed here.
The single-pilot, single-engine aircraft is being built in the Mojave Desert in California by a company called Scaled Composites.
A deeply emotional man, Harrison nevertheless carried on with his creative life and the completion of a longtime goal, a new hideaway home made from straw-bale construction in the Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California.
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