![]() The Devil's Playground is a part of the Mojave National Preserve and is between the town of Baker, California and Providence Mountains. The Mojave Desert is also home to the Devils Playground, about 40 miles (64 km) of dunes and salt flats going in a northwest-southeasterly direction. Dry lakes are a noted feature of the Mojave landscape. These playas include Rogers Dry Lake, and China Lake. There are also abundant alluvial fans, which are called bajadas, that form around the mountains within the Mojave desert and extend down toward the low altitude basins, which contain dried lake beds called playas, where water generally collects and evaporates, leaving large volumes of salt. The Garlock fault separates the Mojave Desert from the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi mountains, which provide a natural border to the Mojave Desert. The mountains elevated along the length of the San Andreas fault provide a clear border between the Mojave desert and the coastal regions to the West. The Mojave Desert is bordered by the San Andreas fault to the Southwest and the Garlock fault to the North. Along with these other factors, these plants differentiate the Mojave from the nearby Sonoran desert. The Mojave Desert is distinguished from the Sonoran Desert and other deserts adjacent to it by its warm temperate climate, as well as flora and fauna such as ironwood ( Olneya tesota), blue Palo Verde ( Parkinsonia florida), chuparosa ( Justicia californica), spiny menodora ( Menodora spinescens), desert senna ( Cassia armata), California dalea ( Psorothamnus arborescens), and goldenhead ( Acamptopappus shockleyi). The boundaries to the east of the Mojave Desert are less distinctive than the other boundaries because there is no presence of an indicator species, such as the Joshua tree ( Yucca brevifolia), which is endemic to the Mojave Desert. ![]() The Mojave Desert is a desert bordered to the west by the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the California montane chaparral and woodlands, and to the south and east by the Sonoran Desert. The Joshua tree ( Yucca brevifolia) is endemic and exclusive to the Mojave Desert. Mojave is a shortened form of Hamakhaave, an endonym in their native language, which means "beside the water". Both are used today, although the Mojave Tribal Nation officially uses the spelling Mojave. The spelling Mojave originates from the Spanish language, while the spelling Mohave comes from modern English. The Mojave Desert also contains various silver, tungsten, iron and gold deposits. The 20 million acres (81,000 km 2 31,000 sq mi) desert supports a number of human activities, including recreation, ranching, and military training. It supports a diversity of flora and fauna. The Mojave Desert is often colloquially called the "high desert", as most of it lies between 2,000 and 4,000 feet (610 and 1,220 m). ![]() It is also the site of Death Valley, which is the lowest elevation in North America. The Mojave Desert displays typical basin and range topography, generally having a pattern of a series of parallel mountain ranges and valleys. Of these, the Mojave is the smallest and driest. The Mojave Desert, together with the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin deserts, forms a larger North American Desert. ![]() It is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, with small portions extending into Arizona and Utah. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. The Mojave Desert ( / m oʊ ˈ h ɑː v i, m ə-/ moh- HAH-vee, mə- Mohave: Hayikwiir Mat'aar Spanish: Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.
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