Mojave Desert, California In this view of
California's Mojave Desert in the vicinity of Barstow, the V-shaped blue area is the Manix
Basin, which includes the bed of Mojave River. The orange circular and rectangular patches
in the basin are irrigated agricultural fields. Sparsely vegetated areas of sand and
gravel appears blue; rocky hills and gravel deposits are orange and brown. The dark patch
at upper left is Coyote Dry Lake. |