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Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, US, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994, with the enactment of the California Desert Protection Act by the United States Congress , [ 2 ] which also established ...
The Mojave National Preserve & Mojave Trails National Monument region (Nevada/California). The Landsat aerial photo shows Lake Mohave on the Colorado River at upper right. The two ~~north-south valleys paralleling the mostly south-trending mountain ranges at the rivers west, are the south-trending Lanfair Valley (west) and the Piute Valley (east).
The 2020 Dome Fire was a large and ecologically destructive wildfire in the Mojave National Preserve in California's San Bernardino County.Caused by a lightning strike on August 15, the fire began near Cima Dome (a geological formation for which the fire was named) and exhibited rapid growth over the following 36 hours, aided by weather conditions and a lack of available firefighting resources.
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. The Devil's Playground is a part of the Mojave National Preserve and is between the town of Baker, California and the Providence Mountains. The Cronese Mountains are within the Devil's Playground.
The Mojave National Preserve saw increased fire frequency in the decade preceding the York Fire, with increasing numbers of invasive grasses in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. California's wet winter of 2022–2023 was another contributing factor, helping load the desert with brush that became fuel for the York Fire.
The Providence Mountains are found in the eastern Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, U.S.The range reaches an elevation of 7,162 feet (2,183 m) at Edgar Peak [2] and is home to the Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve in the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, and the Mojave National Preserve.
Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County: Range coordinates ... Topo map: USGS Crucero Hill: The Mesquite Hills are a low mountain range in the Mojave Desert, ...
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