The Mojave Desert
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The Mojave Desert
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Geography and Climate |
| Biome Index | Animals and Plants | Geography and Climate | Economic and Social Conditions | Environmental Issues |
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The Mojave desert is a magnificent place. The desert is a huge sand dune, desolate, uninhabitable, and harsh, in the people's minds. It is full of wildlife, rare plants, and many varied habitats, it is a great place. |
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Description of BiomeThe Mojave has a typical mountain-and-basin topography with sparse vegetation. Sand and gravel basins drain to central salt flats from which borax, potash and salt are extracted. Silver, tungsten, gold and iron deposits are worked. |
Environmental Factors that Define this BiomeThe desert is a land of extremes: extreme heat and extreme dryness; sudden flash floods and cold nights. |
| Geography of biome | San Bernardino County of California |
| Soil types in biome | Sand, gravel, and black dirt |
| Sources of water in biome | The rainfall is very important, because its the primary source of water |
| Topography of biome | The small dunes, Devils Playground, and the large dunes, Kelso Dunes |
General Description of ClimateThere are broad ranges of high and low temperatures, and relatively high year round temperatures. |
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Impact that Man has had on the Biome's ClimateThe Mojave desert faces many threats from pollution by using off highway vehicle, military use, poaching, and numerous other threats to it's unique ecosystems. |
What can People Outside the Biome do to Return Climate to Natural State?People can leave start to help the environment. They can stop polluting and littering. They can carpool more.
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What can Outsiders do to Protect this Biome?They can protect the desert by staying out of it.
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Links and Bibliographyhttp://real.photopoint.com/tdiamond2@earthlink.net/slideshows/Mojave.htm
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| web page created by Lindsay Eighner, student at Andrew HS, Tinley Park IL; last updated on 05/18/00 |
