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Low Desert

Index Low Desert

The Low Desert is a common name for any desert in California that is under 2,000 feet (609.6m) in altitude. [1]

50 relations: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Bermuda Dunes, California, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, Biogeography, Blythe, California, Borrego Springs, California, Brawley, California, Calexico, California, California, Cathedral City, California, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Coachella, California, Colorado Desert, Desert, Desert Hot Springs, California, El Centro, California, Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, High Desert (California), Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Imperial Valley, Indian Pass Wilderness, Indian Wells, California, Indio Hills Palms, Indio, California, Joshua Tree National Park, Little Picacho Wilderness, Lower Colorado River Valley, Mecca, California, Mojave Desert, Native plant, Palm Desert, California, Palm Springs, California, Palo Verde, California, Plant community, Rancho Mirage, California, Salton Sea State Recreation Area, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Santa Rosa Wilderness, Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, Sonoran Desert, Southern California, Thermal, California, Thousand Palms, California, Whipple Mountains Wilderness, Winterhaven, California, Yuha Desert.

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (ABDSP) is a state park located within the Colorado Desert of southern California, United States.

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Bermuda Dunes, California

Bermuda Dunes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California.

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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

The Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is a 31,000 acres (130 km2) native plants habitat and wildlife preserve located in the Little San Bernardino Mountains of the Transverse Ranges, in the transition zone between the higher Mojave Desert and lower elevation Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert.

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Biogeography

Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.

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Blythe, California

Blythe is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Palo Verde Valley of the Lower Colorado River Valley region, an agricultural area and part of the Colorado Desert along the Colorado River.

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Borrego Springs, California

Borrego Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California.

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Brawley, California

Brawley (formerly, Braly) is a city in the Imperial Valley and within Imperial County, southern California, United States.

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Calexico, California

Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cathedral City, California

Cathedral City is a city in Riverside County, California.

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Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge in the floodplain of the lower Colorado River between Arizona and California and surrounded by a fringe of desert ridges and washes.

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Coachella Valley

The Coachella Valley is a desert valley in Southern California which extends for approximately in Riverside County southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains to the northern shore of the Salton Sea.

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Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area in the Coachella Valley, located east of Palm Springs near Palm Desert, California.

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Coachella, California

Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California; it is the easternmost city in the region collectively known as the Coachella Valley (or the Palm Springs area).

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Colorado Desert

California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert.

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Desert

A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

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Desert Hot Springs, California

Desert Hot Springs, also known as DHS, is a city in Riverside County, California, United States.

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El Centro, California

El Centro is a city in and county seat of Imperial County, California, the largest city in the Imperial Valley, east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County.

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Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness

The Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness is located about 25 miles west of Brawley, California, and southeast of the Vallecito Mountains in the United States.

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Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California.

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High Desert (California)

High Desert is a name used to define geographic areas of Southern California deserts that are between 2,000 and 4,000 ft (609.9 and 1219.2 m) in elevation.

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Imperial National Wildlife Refuge

The Imperial National Wildlife Refuge protects wildlife habitat along of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California, including the last un-channeled section before the river enters Mexico.

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Imperial Valley

The Imperial Valley lies in California's Imperial County.

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Indian Pass Wilderness

The Indian Pass Wilderness is wilderness area under the administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

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Indian Wells, California

Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley.

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Indio Hills Palms

Indio Hills Palms Park Property and the Coachella Valley Preserve, located in the Indio Hills, contain the 1,000 Palms Oasis and are a protected area in the Coachella Valley, located east of Palm Springs near Palm Desert, California.

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Indio, California

Indio is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region.

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Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California.

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Little Picacho Wilderness

The Little Picacho Wilderness is a wilderness area under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.

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Lower Colorado River Valley

The Lower Colorado River Valley ("LCRV") is the river region of the lower Colorado River of the southwestern United States in North America that rises in the Rocky Mountains and has its outlet at the Colorado River Delta in the northern Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico, between the states of Baja California and Sonora.

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Mecca, California

Mecca is an unincorporated community located in Riverside County, California, United States.

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America.

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Native plant

Native plants are plants indigenous to a given area in geologic time.

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Palm Desert, California

Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately 14 miles (23 km) east of Palm Springs, 121 miles (194 km) northeast of San Diego and 122 miles (196 km) east of Los Angeles.

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Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Se-Khi)Wilkerson, Lyn (2009).

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Palo Verde, California

Palo Verde (Hanyomalivah in Mojave; formerly, Paloverde) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California.

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Plant community

A plant community (sometimes "phytocoenosis" or "phytocenosis") is a collection or association of plant species within a designated geographical unit, which forms a relatively uniform patch, distinguishable from neighboring patches of different vegetation types.

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Rancho Mirage, California

Rancho Mirage is a resort city in Riverside County, California, United States.

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Salton Sea State Recreation Area

Located on the northeastern side of the Salton Sea, the Salton Sea State Recreation Area offers hunting, fishing, swimming, and camping to visitors.

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Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument

The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument is a National Monument in southern California.

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Santa Rosa Wilderness

The Santa Rosa Wilderness is a wilderness area in Southern California, in the Santa Rosa Mountains of Riverside and San Diego counties, California.

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Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness

The Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness is a federal wilderness area of located in the Sawtooth Mountains in eastern San Diego County, California.

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Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge

The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located north of the Mexican border at the southern end of the Salton Sea in California’s Imperial Valley.

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Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which covers large parts of the Southwestern United States in Arizona and California and of Northwestern Mexico in Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.

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Southern California

Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties.

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Thermal, California

Thermal is an unincorporated community within the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California located approximately southeast of Palm Springs and about north of the Salton Sea.

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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Coachella Valley of Riverside County, California, United States.

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Whipple Mountains Wilderness

The Whipple Mountains Wilderness is a wilderness administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

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Winterhaven, California

Winterhaven (formerly, Karmack) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California.

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Yuha Desert

The Yuha Desert is a section of the Sonoran Desert located in the Imperial Valley of California; south of Interstate 8, west of El Centro, and north of the international border.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Desert

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