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FIPS code. 06-19052. GNIS feature ID. 1733577. Desert View Highlands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 2,360 at the 2010 census, up from 2,337 at the 2000 census. It is surrounded by the City of Palmdale .
Some 350 to 500 Nubian ibex live in the Negev Highlands and in the Eilat Mountains. The Negev shrew is a species of mammal of the family Soricidae that is found only in Israel. A population of the critically endangered Kleinmann's tortoise (also known as the Negev tortoise) survives in the sands of the western and central Negev Desert.
The Antelope Valley comprises the western tip of the Mojave Desert, opening up to the Victor Valley and the Great Basin to the east. Lying north of the San Gabriel Mountains, southeast of the Tehachapis, and east of the Sierra Pelona Mountains, this desert ecosystem spans around 2,200 sq mi (5,698 km 2 ). The valley is bounded by the Garlock ...
Geography. There are three main deserts in California: the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Desert, and the Great Basin Desert.: 408 The Mojave Desert is bounded by the Tehachapi Mountains on the northwest, the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains on the south, and extends eastward to California's borders with Arizona and Nevada; it also forms portions of northwest Arizona.
Population (as of 2010 Census) Acton: 7,596 Acton/Mint Canyon 11,901 Agua Dulce: ... Desert View Highlands: 2,360 East Antelope Valley 14,658 East Azusa Islands
Populated places in the Mojave Desert — primarily within California, ... Desert View Highlands, California; Dolomite, California; Dunmovin, California ...
La Cañada Flintridge varies in elevation from about 970 feet (300 m) just below Devil's Gate Dam in the Arroyo Seco to about 2,400 feet (730 m) at the highest neighborhood, along the mountain front east of Pickens Canyon, at the upper end of Ocean View Blvd. The city limits extend into the San Gabriel Mountains and reach 3,440 feet (1,050 m ...
The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano ( Spanish: Altiplano mexicano ), is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. Averaging 1,825 m (5,988 ft) above sea level, it extends from the United States border in the north to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in the south, and is ...