Transverse Ranges
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The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of Southern California, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region in North America. The Transverse Ranges begin at the southern end of the C
The Ranges rise steeply above major urban areas such as Los Angeles
Snowy Mt. Baden-Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains
Mt. San Gorgonio in the center of frame, highest peak in Transverse Ranges
View west of the eastern portion of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains, with the Mojave Desert on the right and Silverwood Lake near the boundary. The San Andreas Fault runs straight up the middle toward the horizon.
Mojave Desert
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The Mojave Desert is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named after the indigenous Mohave people, it is locate
Transverse Ranges
…orientation of most of California's coastal mountains. The ranges extend from west of Point Conception eastward approximately 500 kilometers into the Mojave and Colorado Desert. The geology and topography of the ranges express three distinct segments that have contrasting elevations, rock types, and vegetation…
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley
The Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) is endemic to the Mojave Desert.
A powerful High Desert summer storm sweeps rapidly across the Mojave Desert.
Las Vegas is located in the Mojave Desert.