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  2. Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve - Wikipedia

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    1,781 acres (7.21 km 2) Established. 1976. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a state-protected reserve of California, United States, harboring the most consistent blooms of California poppies, the state flower. The reserve is located in the rural west side of Antelope ...

  3. High Desert Mavericks - Wikipedia

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    History. The franchise was founded in 1988 and was first based in Riverside, California, and was known as the Red Wave, beginning in 1988.In 1991, the ballclub relocated north, near Hwy 395, to the city of Adelanto, part of the Victor Valley metro area in California's High Desert region.

  4. Desert Training Center - Wikipedia

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    The Desert Training Center ( DTC ), also known as California–Arizona Maneuver Area ( CAMA ), was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert, largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942. Its mission was to train United States Army and Army Air Forces units and personnel to live and fight ...

  5. High Desert Museum - Wikipedia

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    High Desert Museum. / 43.96589; -121.34148. The High Desert Museum is located near Bend, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1982, it brings regional wildlife, culture, art and natural resources together to promote an understanding of natural and cultural heritage of North America's high desert country.

  6. Desert tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The desert tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, and to the Sinaloan thornscrub of northwestern Mexico. [4] G. agassizii is distributed in western Arizona, southeastern California ...

  7. Rangipo Desert - Wikipedia

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    Rangipo Desert. Coordinates: 39.2428°S 175.73°E. Te Onetapu, commonly known as the Rangipo Desert, is a barren desert-like environment located in New Zealand, located in the Ruapehu District on the North Island Volcanic Plateau; to the east of the three active peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu, and to the west of ...

  8. Joshua Tree National Park - Wikipedia

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    National Park Service. Website. nps .gov /jotr. Joshua Tree National Park is an American national park in southeastern California, east of San Bernardino and Los Angeles and north of Palm Springs. It is named after the Joshua trees ( Yucca brevifolia) native to the Mojave Desert.

  9. Category:Geography of Riverside County, California - Wikipedia

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    Riverside County, California geography stubs‎ (140 P) Pages in category "Geography of Riverside County, California" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.