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2 unusual facts about Mojave River


Los Angeles County Flood of 2005

Large amounts of rain also fell in the Mojave Desert, causing the usually dry Mojave River to reach its terminus at Soda Lake and overflow into Silver Lake, which it has rarely reached in recorded history.

Mojave River

The objectives of the ambitious restoration project are to control exotic plants, particularly the phreatophyte Saltcedar - Tamarix (primarily Tamarix ramosissima and T. parviflora), and restoring critical desert California native plant community "structural elements" for a functioning flora and fauna habitat.



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