Mojave
Joshua tree terrain
Mojave refers to a desert region spanning southeastern California, southern Nevada, and parts of Arizona and Utah—characterized by extreme heat, sparse vegetation, and distinctive Joshua trees.
The name comes from the Mohave people, indigenous to the area along the Colorado River.
Mojave appears in place names and compounds: Mojave Desert, Mojave rattlesnake.
Apple's macOS Mojave (2018) borrowed the name for its desert-themed interface.
Apple computer operating system
- AppleCupertino tech giant
- operating systemSoftware managing computer resources
- SafariApple's web browser
- screenshotCaptured display image
desktop · interface · update · release · High Sierra · Catalina
Below-sea-level California desert
- Joshua TreeBranching desert yucca species
- BarstowCalifornia desert city
- VictorvilleCity in San Bernardino County
- LancasterEnglish dynasty, fifteenth century
Palmdale · arid · creosote · yucca · tortoise · rattlesnake · jackrabbit · roadrunner
Great Basin indigenous people
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- potteryFired clay objects
- pictographSymbol drawn as image
- petroglyphCarved image on stone
reservation · Colorado River · needles · tribal · ancestral
Launch site for spacecraft
- EdwardsPatronymic English surname
- SpaceShipOneFirst commercial crewed spacecraft
- test flightExperimental aircraft evaluation
- airfieldAviation facility with runways
rocket · supersonic · experimental · hangar · runway · aerospace · X-15
macOS
Apple computer operating system
- AppleCupertino tech giant
- operating systemSoftware managing computer resources
- SafariApple's web browser
screenshot · desktop · interface · update · release · High Sierra · Catalina
Death Valley
Below-sea-level California desert
- Joshua TreeBranching desert yucca species
- BarstowCalifornia desert city
- VictorvilleCity in San Bernardino County
Lancaster · Palmdale · arid · creosote · yucca · tortoise · rattlesnake · jackrabbit · roadrunner · sagebrush
Paiute
Great Basin indigenous people
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- potteryFired clay objects
- pictographSymbol drawn as image
petroglyph · reservation · Colorado River · needles · tribal · ancestral
Spaceport
Launch site for spacecraft
- EdwardsPatronymic English surname
- SpaceShipOneFirst commercial crewed spacecraft
- test flightExperimental aircraft evaluation
airfield · rocket · supersonic · experimental · hangar · runway · aerospace · X-15
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- destinationsParis, Hawaii, Rome, Maldives, Santorini
- American desertsSonoran Desert, Death Valley, Painted Desert, Sonoran, Great Basin
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Deep South, Pacific Northwest
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Namib, Kalahari, Sonoran
- hot climatedesert, tropics, savanna, heatwave, drought
MojaveSonoran
Of a specific southwestern desert
Great Basin · Colorado Plateau · Atacama · Sahara · Gobi
Mojaverainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
tropical rainforest · jungle · temperate rainforest · wetland · swamp
MojaveAmazon
Greek warrior women
Congo Basin · Pacific Northwest · Everglades · Seattle · Ireland
- Mojave DesertSouthwestern American arid region