Mojave Desert

or Mohave Desert


noun
  1. a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).

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How to use Mojave Desert in a sentence

  • Our first night's camp was out on the barren waterless plain, now known as the Mojave Desert.

    Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis Manly
  • For a few hours we retraced our way and then turned eastward across the edge of the great Mojave Desert.

    In to the Yukon | William Seymour Edwards
  • I raised turtles out on the Mojave Desert one spell and fed 'em on nothing but grass.

  • In the southern part of the Mojave Desert a low hill stands somewhat apart from the foot-hills beyond, and back of it.

    Old Mission Stories of California | Charles Franklin Carter
  • Somehow the elective system had enabled them "to get by" in a state of mind that resembled the Mojave Desert.

    The Prodigal Village | Irving Bacheller

British Dictionary definitions for Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

noun
  1. 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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Cultural definitions for Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

[ (moh-hah-vee) ]


Area of low, barren mountains and flat valleys in southern California.

Notes for Mojave Desert

Location of Death Valley National Monument.

Notes for Mojave Desert

Lowest point in the United States.

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