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• Phone call to P. Rau, G&M, 12/10/87(California prefers j spelling; Arizona prefers h spelling)
• Web. geog.(Mojave Desert or Mohave Desert)
• GeoRef(Mojave Desert)
• Britannica Micro.(Mojave Desert)
• Acad. Am. encyc.(Mojave Desert, also spelled Mohave)
• World Book(Mojave)
• Random House(Mojave Desert, also Mohave Desert)
• Lippincott(Mojave Desert)
• Hennepin(Mohave Desert, California)
• Miller, J.A. Local and regional climate change in the Mojave Desert, 2007:p. 48 (Map: Mojave Desert covers parts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah)
• GNIS, 17 Oct. 2008(Mojave Desert; includes 12 counties in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah)

The Mojave Desert ( ; Mohave: Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Spanish: Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named after the indigenous Mohave people, it is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, with small portions extending into Arizona and Utah. The Mojave Desert, together with the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin deserts, form a larger North American desert. Of these, the Mojave is the smallest and driest. It displays typical basin and range topography, generally having a pattern of a series of parallel mountain ranges and valleys. It is also the site of Death Valley, which is the lowest elevation in North America. 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 km2) desert supports a number of human activities, including recreation, ranching, and military training. The Mojave Desert also contains various silver, tungsten, iron and gold deposits. The spelling Mojave originates from the Spanish language, while the spelling Mohave comes from modern English. Both are used today, although the Mojave Tribal Nation officially uses the spelling Mojave, which is a shortened form of Hamakhaave, an endonym in their native language, meaning "beside the water".