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Desert Hills is located in western Mohave County at (34.547363, -114.366781 It is sits on the east side of the Colorado River, impounded as Lake Havasu.The CDP is bordered to the south and east by Lake Havasu City, to the north by Crystal Beach, and to the west, across the Colorado, by San Bernardino County, California.
Rhyolite, Nevada. / 36.90389°N 116.82917°W / 36.90389; -116.82917. Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that ...
Desert Hills High School (DHHS) is located in St. George, Utah, United States, and is the second newest of the five St. George 4A public high schools. It is a part of the Washington County School District. Zone: south St. George, Bloomington, Bloomington Hills, Little Valley. Desert Hills High School's nickname is the Thunder and its mascot is ...
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]
The Chinle Badlands at Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay -rich soils have been extensively eroded. [ 1] They are characterized by steep slopes, minimal vegetation, lack of a substantial regolith, and high drainage density. [ 2]
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid.
Nevada. District. Lincoln County. Range coordinates. 37°2′29.861″N 115°21′18.068″W. / 37.04162806°N 115.35501889°W / 37.04162806; -115.35501889. Topo map. USGS Desert Hills SE. The Desert Hills are a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada.
Chemehuevi Mountains. Chuckwalla Mountains. Clark Mountain Range. Clipper Mountains. Colton Hills. Confidence Hills. Coso Range. Cottonwood Mountains (Inyo County) Coxcomb Mountains.