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The Mojave is defined by its trees

Its boundary is drawn where Joshua trees grow, a line no rainfall figure matches Botanists mapped the desert by the range of the Joshua tree, a yucca that needs a particular mix of winter cold and summer heat. The result cuts across the smooth rainfall bands used for other deserts. Death Valley and the lowest point in North America lie inside the region. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Its boundary is drawn where Joshua trees grow, a line no rainfall figure matches. The figure is taken from National Park Service, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.