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	Mohave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mohave are a Native American tribe, many of whom live on or near the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Chemehuevi and Fort Mojave Indian Reservations on the Colorado River in California and Arizona.
		When she pleases, the Mohave woman also sits with her legs folded in oriental style." The Mohave specified that women were careful to arrange the tassels of their fiber-skirts in such a manner as to avoid exposure.
		A Mohave man is not supposed to light the cigarette of a woman who is neither a wife nor a close relative.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/m/mo/mohave.html (3331 words)

	Sonoran Desert Natural History Information
		Desert grassland or chaparral borders the northern Sonoran Desert on the east.
		The Great Basin Desert is both the highest and northernmost of the four and has very cold winters, which limit the growing season to the summer regardless of seasonal precipitation.
		This was Shreve's seventh subdivision of the Sonoran Desert.
	desertmuseum.org /desert/sonora.html (2465 words)

	Mohave Desertscrub
		The Mohave Desert is the smallest of the four North American desert biomes and lies between the Great Basin and Sonoran deserts.
		Little of the Mohave Desert proper is in Arizona, but enough of Arizona lies adjacent to it and is intermediate in vegetation, soil type, and rainfall patterns to make it a significant biome in the state.
		The Mohave Desert is found only in the northwest corner of Arizona, but the areas along the Colorado River are in a transition zone between Sonoran and Mohave and are difficult to separate.
	www.mirror-pole.com /apif_web/mohdesrt/mohavhab.htm (712 words)

	MOJAVE DESERT FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mojave or Mohave Desert occupies a significant portion of Southern California and parts of Utah, Nevada and Arizona.
		The Mojave Desert is bounded in part by the Tehachapi together with the San Gabriel and San Bernadino mountain ranges.
		The Mojave Desert receives less than 6 inches (150 mm) of rain a year and is generally between 3,000 and 6,000 feet (1,000 and 2,000 m) in elevation.
	www.bellabuds.com /Mojave_Desert (590 words)

	Mohave ground squirrel, Spermophilus mohavensis
		A by-product of the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee's desert tortoise habitat acquisition work is that safe harbors are being afforded to many of these other often poorly known species.
		We do know that Mohave ground squirrels are active only in the spring and summer, when they feed eagerly on the leaves and seeds of native shrubs and annual plants.
		Mohave ground squirrels begin to emerge from their burrows in February, when the males may travel up to a mile per day in search of mates.
	www.tortoise-tracks.org /denizens/mgs.html (661 words)

	Desert Tortoise Natural History
		The desert tortoise lives in a variety of plant communities ranging from sparse creosotebush desertscrub in the winter rainfall Mohave Desert to paloverde-saguaro desertscrub in the bi-seasonal Sonoran Desert and eventually to summer rainfall tropical thornscrub and deciduous forest in Sonora and Sinaloa.
		In the Sonoran Desert, tortoise density seems to be related to the density of perennial plants and plant species composition which are controlled by the amount of rainfall and winter freeze frequency.
		Sonoran desert tortoise retreats are often on rocky slopes in mountains, avoiding the deep soiled valley situations favored by Mohave desert tortoises.
	www.biopark.org /destort1.html (2777 words)

	Sonoran Desert Naturalist Home Page
		This is also a hot desert with daytime temperatures reaching or exceeding 40° C for much of the summer season, May to September, while hard freezes are uncommon during the mild winters.
		A very unique feature of the Sonoran Desert is that the rain arrives during two wet seasons, one generally December through March, the other July through Sept. The lack of hard freezes and moisture distributed through the year has promoted the abundance of succulents that can store water for later use.
		Upland Sonoran Desert (orange on map) occurs in southwestern Arizona and is characterized by a balanced distribution of winter vs. summer rainfall.
	arizonensis.org /sonoran (1681 words)

	The ABC's of Desert Survival
		The location of the desert in which you are stranded is as important as is the season.
		Since most people stranded in the desert don't carry a shovel, this hole would have to be dug with a rock, a stick, a plank, or a hubcap off the car-- a tedious and exhausting process.
		Desert soils contain heavy minerals such as selenium and poisonous compounds such as cyanide, and it is possible for these to collect in a water source.
	members.cox.net /drslim/ch7.html (2125 words)

	Mojave National Preserve (National Park Service)
		Desert tortoises burrow in creosote bush flats, while the fl and yellow Scott’s oriole nests in Joshua trees higher up the slopes.
		Originally part of a network of Indian trails, the route became a wagon road when the Army established a series of outposts across the desert in the 1860s.
		The road was the major route across the Mojave Desert until the arrival of the first railroad route in 1883.
	www.nps.gov /moja (465 words)

	Species:
		Arborescent plants are rare in the Mohave Desert, and the branches of this tall yucca provide perching sites for predatory birds such as the sparrow hawk and loggerhead shrike [21].
		Joshua tree is the largest nonriparian plant of the Mohave Desert, reaching heights of 16 to 49 feet (5-15 m); the huge reddish-brown to gray trunks can grow to 2 or 4 feet (0.6-1.2 m) in diameter [10,21,28,34].
		Trees are often smaller and less common away from the base of desert mountain ranges [32]; the species is generally absent along the eastern edge of the Mohave Desert [7].
	www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/tree/yucbre/all.html (3662 words)

	ADW: Gopherus agassizii: Information
		Female desert tortoises provide their young with yolk, which not only sustains them while the eggs incubate, but which provides the hatchlings with enough energy for six months--enough to sustain them in case they are not able to feed before hibernating.
		Desert tortoises use a larger portion of their overall home range during the spring or summer months when they are most active.
		Desert tortoises are also ecosystem engineers, digging burrows that are used as shelters by snakes (Serpentes), lizards (Sauria), birds (Aves), rodents (Rodentia), javelinas (Pecari tajacu), and insects (Insecta) and other invertebrates.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Gopherus_agassizii.html (2684 words)

	BISON Species Account 030436 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mohave Desert populations north and west of the Colorado River tend more toward flatlands, are genetically distinct, have declined drastically and are highly threatened.
		Mohave Desert populations (north and west of the Colorado River) tend more toward flatlands, are genetically distinct, and have declined drastically (AGFD, 1996) 16.
		UTAH 1990: Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agazzizi, occurs in Utah (UTDNR, 1990) 20.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/030436.htm (1458 words)

	Mojave Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mojave or Mohave Desert, is the smallest of the four North American deserts.
		The Mojave Desert is situated between the Great Basin Desert to the north (a cold desert) and the Sonoran desert to the south (a hot desert).
		The Mojave Desert is considered a dry desert because of the rain shadow effect.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /mojave_desert.htm (551 words)

	Mohave Indian Tribe of Arizona
		The Indians at Fort Mohave and Camp McDowell, however, were apparently Yavapai, commonly known as Apache Mohave.
		Connection in which they have become noted.- The name Mohave has been preserved in the designation of the Mohave Desert and Mohave River in California, and Mohave County, Ariz., and also in the name of a post-village in Arizona.
		Mohave Indians: Report on aboriginal territory and occupancy of the Mohave Indian tribe.
	jeff.scott.tripod.com /mohave.html (432 words)

	Mohave Desert Wildflower Blooms
		The same weather conditions cause the spring wildflower blooms in both deserts; the main difference is that the window for the triggering rain occurs earlier in the fall in the higher, cooler Mohave Desert.
		However, the Mohave's flower displays are usually later than the Sonoran's because the colder winters slow growth of the seedlings.
		Desert candle (Caulanthus inflatus) is one of the few annuals that does not also occur in the Sonoran Desert.
	www.desertmuseum.org /programs/flw_mohave.html (1027 words)

	VIA Online Desert Solitary
		On this stretch of Mojave desert, the farther you get from the artificial glow of Las Vegas, the more these things emerge from the expanses of tumbleweed and the mountain-ringed vistas.
		Sampling varietal wines was not foreseen as a must-do in the high desert, but the ambience in Nevada’s only winery is, like other finds along this route, pleasant, unexpected.
		With the poise of a sovereign, the desert bighorn blends back into his leathery kingdom, seeking his herd or a distant spring.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/desert99.asp (2165 words)

	NORTH AMERICAN DESERTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These deserts are found in a broad band running down the western side of the USA and into Mexico.
		The features of the Mohave Desert are difficult to define because of the marked variation in topography, soils and climate.
		Baja California peninsula of Mexico is also included in the Sonoran Desert, but the west-facing slopes of this peninsula receive moisture-laden air from the Pacific Ocean and have some uniquely lush vegetation, including epiphytic plants that gain their moisture from the sea mists.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desertecology/northame.htm (843 words)

	Joshua Tree National Park (National Park Service)
		Two deserts, two large ecosystems whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation, come together at Joshua Tree National Park.
		Below 3,000 feet, the Colorado Desert encompasses the eastern part of the park and features natural gardens of creosote bush, ocotillo, and cholla cactus.
		The higher, moister, and slightly cooler Mojave Desert is the special habitat of the Joshua tree.
	www.nps.gov /jotr (150 words)

	The Mojave Desert - DesertUSA
		The Mojave's desert climate is characterized by extreme variation in daily temperature and an average annual precipitation of less than 5 inches.
		While some do not consider the Mojave a desert in its own right, the Mojave Desert hosts about 200 endemic plant species found in neither of the adjacent deserts.Cactus are usually restricted to the coarse soils of bajadas.
		Approximate DesertUSA Boundaries: Bordered on the south by Interstate 10 in California, on the west by California's U.S. Route 395, on the North by U.S. Route 50 in Nevada, and on the east by Interstate 15.
	www.desertusa.com /du_mojave.html (308 words)

	Cabrillo NM: Shadows of the Past (Chapter 2)
		Recovery of artifacts similar to desert Paleo-Indian materials is a primary research goal to resolve the reality of San Dieguito as a distinct Paleo-Indian group.
		Desert Side-notched projectile points made from Chinese export porcelain were recovered at the Royal Presidio de San Diego by Paul H. ell (1970).
		The hypothesis of a desert Hakataya migration from the California desert to the Laguna Mountains 1,000 years ago implies ceramics coincided with religious rites involving cremation of the dead.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/cabr4/chap2c.htm (12691 words)

	Surf and Turf - Lost Treasure Online's Weekly Treasure Tale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Oyster shells found in the desert west of the Salton Sea provide concrete archaeological proof that the land was once under water in the not-too-distant past.
		One of the greatest mysteries of the California desert is that of a Spanish galleon that sailed into the area carrying a fabulous cargo of cultured pearls.
		In 1890, a desert prospector came in to Kane Springs, Calif., and said that he had found the ship nearby in the desert, half-covered by shifting sands.
	www.losttreasure.com /newsletter/6-1-2000/6-1-2000.html (2422 words)

	THE MOHAVE INDIANS AND DR. KROEBER
		The immense desert region to the west of the reservation is called the Mohave Desert, which includes the vast East Mojave National Scenic Area.
		A typical Mohave narrative, according to Kroeber's model, describes a journey of a cultural hero or two brothers, beginning with their births and ending with their transformation into an animal or a landmark.
		This webpage is meant as a supplement to state and federal webpages on the Mohave* Desert, Mojave Scenic Area, and public parks on lower Colorado river near the Mohave Indian Reservation.
	www.angelfire.com /id/newpubs/mohave.html (1263 words)

	Field Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		United States desert lands can be divided into four main types; the Great Basin, Chihuahuan, Sonoran, and Mohave Deserts.
		The Sonoran Desert is indicated by the presence of the tall Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea sp.
		Fort Bliss in the Chihuahuan desert, CampWilliams in the Great Basin desert, and the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in the Mohave were the military bases studied on the project.
	www.ag.unr.edu /serdp/field_sites.htm (321 words)

	University of Arizona Press - The Sonoran Desert Tortoise
		Called by Tohono O'odham people "komik'c-ed," or "shell with living thing inside," it is one of the few desert creatures kept as a domestic pet—as well as one of the most studied reptiles in the world.
		Differences in climate and habitat have shaped the evolution of three races of desert tortoises as they have adapted to changes in heat, rainfall, and sources of food and shelter as the deserts developed in the last ten million years.
		As the only comprehensive book on the desert tortoise, this volume gathers a vast amount of information for scientists, veterinarians, and resource managers while also remaining useful to general readers who keep desert tortoises as backyard pets.
	www.uapress.arizona.edu /books/bid1467.htm (476 words)

	Dept. Profile
		The Mohave County Sheriff is an elected official serving a four-year term and by state law, is responsible for preserving the peace, preventing public disorder and maintaining public safety.
		His is required to maintain the Mohave County Jail and care for all prisoners placed in his custody; to enforce and serve all civil processes issued within the county; and to coordinate all search and rescue operations in the county plus the training and monitoring of approximately 200 volunteers who participate in this function.
		DETECTIVE DIVISION - is responsible for the investigation of all major crimes occurring in the unincorporated areas of Mohave County.
	www.co.mohave.az.us /1moweb/depts_files/sheriff_files/about_sheriff.htm (519 words)

	TALES FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
		The Mohave Indians live on the Colorado river, to the northeast of Los Angeles and separated from the Chumash by the vast Mohave desert.
		The Mohave story featured in the second part of this text is a classic California hero narrative free of discernible Christian influence.
		The Mohave were fiercely independent and resisted conversion to European culture long after the coastal peoples of California were 'reduced' by imperialist Mexico.
	www.angelfire.com /id/newpubs/xmas2.html (790 words)

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