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The High Desert is a vernacular region with non-discrete boundaries covering areas of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. The region encompasses various terrain with elevations generally between 2,000 and 4,000 ft (610 and 1,220 m) above sea level , and is located just north of the San Gabriel , San Bernardino , and Little San ...
Beginning in the 1970s, Santa Clarita, California founder Carl Boyer argued that northern portions of the San Fernando Valley should secede from Los Angeles County. [3] In January 2013, Boyer "again argued that Santa Clarita and other high desert semi-arid communities separate north of the San Fernando Valley secede from Los Angeles County and form our own new county.
Hi Vista is located in the Antelope Valley, in the southwestern part of the Mojave Desert.This area is referred to as the "High Desert" due to its altitude.Edwards Air Force Base is located 22 miles (35 km) to the north, Adelanto is 31 miles (50 km) to the east, and Lake Los Angeles is 11 miles (18 km) to the south, and Lancaster is 21 miles (34 km) to the west.
The Mojave Desert is often colloquially called the "high desert", as most of it lies between 2,000 and 4,000 feet (610 and 1,220 m). It supports a diversity of flora and fauna. The 54,000 sq mi (140,000 km 2 ) desert supports a number of human activities, including recreation, ranching, and military training. [ 9 ]
There are three main deserts in California: the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Desert, and the Great Basin Desert. [5]: 408 The Mojave Desert is bounded by the Tehachapi Mountains on the northwest, the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains on the south, and extends eastward to California's borders with Arizona and Nevada; it also forms portions of northwest Arizona.
High Desert County, California, a proposed county in Southern California Colorado Plateau , a high desert area in the United States of 337,000 km 2 (130,000 mi 2 ) in western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southern and eastern Utah, and northern Arizona.
“High Desert” is headed beyond the horizon at Apple TV+. In a video posted on Instagram Saturday morning, series star Patricia Arquette shared that the production had not received an order for ...
Incorporated settlements in the Mojave Desert [1] Name State UTC Type Population (2010 census) Population (2020 census) [2] Adelanto: California: UTC−8: City: 31,765: