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[pct-l] Burning Deserts



Mojave, rhymes with "No-Cave", it's an old intentional word-mangle.
Never heard it?
Maybe I've lived around here too long....
Kevin "I'm not going to be a Mo-Javian all my life" Corcoran

Steve wrote:
>are you telling us it's simply MO-HAWV instead of MO-HAWV-EY ??? ???
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kevin Corcoran" <kevin@antelecom.net>
>To: "christin pruett" <christinpruett@hotmail.com>; <pct-l@backcountry.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 7:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Burning Deserts
>
>
>>  My understanding is that the CO Desert is like a subset of
>>  the Sonoran Desert, so I guess the answer is yes.
>>  The CD is hotter than the Mojave (Saline / Death Valleys
>>  excepted).  That's generally owing to the CD's lower elevation as
>>  drainage into the lower CO River (Salton Sea basin excepted).  The
>>  Mojave doesn't drain to the ocean or CO River.  The Mojave is
>>  actually a transitional area between the Great Basin Desert and the
>>  Colorado Desert but with elements of each. It's far less vegetated
>>  than the Mojave, generally without the Joshua trees which like sandy
>>  higher elevation slopes.  Joshua Tree NP actually straddles the
>>  Cottonwood Mts which is the Mojave / Colorado Desert divide. There
>>  actually is a delineation, albeit not always so clearly
>>  recognizeable, but generally drawn along the divides of drainage to
>>  the CO River vs drainage to dry inland basins.
>>  Your 'Mojave crossing' segment is indeed a 'shortcut' thanks
>>  to the friendly board of the Tejon Ranch Corporation. It crosses the
>>  westernmost corner of the Mojave (the Antelope Valley, where I live)
>>  and bottoms out around 2900 ft.  The PCTA Data Book reveals that the
>>  trail dips below 3500' for about 20 miles there. Though dry, if you
>>  hit it before mid-June, it's generally not hot (95+).  But it is dry,
>>  windy, and very sunny.
>>
>>  Kevin "Mojave is 2 syllables, not 3" Corcoran
>>
>>
>>  >Is the Colorado desert a portion of the Sonoran desert?  What types of
>>  >vegetation are found there?  Any Joshua trees?  I have been in Joshua
>tree
>>  >NP and always thought that was part of the Mojave.  Maybe there is no
>clear
>>  >delineation between these two areas.  I guess I'll have to hike southern
>CA
>>  >to find out.  Thanks for the info.
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