Mohave Desert

Mohave Desert
noun
a desert area in southern California and western Arizona
• Syn: ↑Mojave, ↑Mojave Desert, ↑Mohave
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑desert
• Part Holonyms:
• Part Meronyms: ↑Death Valley

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the Mojave Desert [the Mojave Desert] (also Mohave Desert)
a desert in south-eastern ↑California consisting of low, bare hills and wide, flat valleys. Its area is about 15 000 square miles/38 850 square kilometres. ↑Death Valley is at the northern end and the Joshua Tree National Monument at the southern end. The Mojave Desert is part of the Great Basin region that covers parts of ↑California, ↑Nevada, ↑Utah, ↑Oregon and ↑Idaho.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Mohave Desert — alt. sp. of MOJAVE DESERT …   English World dictionary

  • Mohave Desert — Mo|ha|ve Desert another spelling of ↑Mojave Desert …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Mohave Desert — geographical name see Mojave Desert …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Mohave Desert. — See Mojave Desert. * * * …   Universalium

  • Mohave Desert — Mo•ha′ve Des′ert [[t]moʊˈhɑ vi[/t]] n. geg Mojave Desert …   From formal English to slang

  • Mohave Desert — /moʊˌhavi ˈdɛzət/ (say moh.hahvee dezuht) noun → Mojave Desert …  

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  • Mohave War — Part of the American Indian Wars Mohave Indians by H.B. Mollhansen, 1856 …   Wikipedia

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