Little San Bernardino Mountains
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Looking south from Keys View in the Little San Bernardino Mountains in Joshua Tree National Park. Visible landmarks are the Salton Sea at rear left, and the Santa Rosa Mountains behind Indio and the San Jacinto Mountains behind Palm Springs in center. In the valley floor, the San Andreas Fault is visible. At rear right is 11,500 ft San Gorgonio Mountain.
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Little San Bernardino Mountains
Little San Bernardino Mountains
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Country | United States |
State | California |
District | Riverside / San Bernardino |
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Topo map | USGS East Deception Canyon |
The Little San Bernardino Mountains are a short mountain range of the Transverse Ranges, located in southern California in the United States. They extend for approximately 40 mi (64 km) southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains through San Bernardino and Riverside Counties to near the northeast edge of the Salton Sink and Salton Sea.
The community of Palm Springs looks north and northeast across the Coachella Valley to the range.
Geography
The range transitions the separation from the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert on the south to the Mojave Desert on the north. The peaks vary in height from approximately 4,000–5,000 ft (1,200–1,650 m). The range highpoint is Quail Mountain (California), elevation 5,813' (1,772 m).
Habitats
Much of the eastern end of the range is within Joshua Tree National Park. Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is also located in the Little San Bernardino Mountains. The oasis here contains one of the ten largest cottonwood (Populus fremontii) and red willow (Salix laevigata) Riparian zone habitats in California. It was identified as an area of concern by the Bureau of Land Management in 1982. It also has the only native palm to California, Washingtonia filifera, or the Desert fan palm which is now common in artificial landscaping.[1]
Aqueduct
The Colorado River Aqueduct, which provides water for Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego, runs along the southwest edge of the mountains.
See also
References
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- Mojave Desert
- Transverse Ranges
- Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
- Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert
- San Bernardino Mountains
- Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California
- Mountain ranges of Riverside County, California
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Protected areas of the Colorado Desert
- Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
- Protected areas of San Bernardino County, California
- Protected areas of Riverside County, California
- Mountain ranges of Southern California
- Riverside County, California geography stubs