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The Low Desert (colloquially known as the Desert in the region) is a common name for any desert in California that is under 2,000 feet (609.6 m) in altitude. These areas include, but are not exclusive to, the Colorado Desert and Yuha Desert branches of the Sonoran Desert, in the far southeasternmost portion of Southern California. These areas are distinguished in biogeography from the adjacent northern High Desert or Mojave Desert by latitude, elevation, animal life, climate, and native plant communities.^[1]^[2]

Communities

The cities and towns in the Low Desert include:

Parks

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Joshua Tree National Park – northern portion of Low Desert
Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Indio Hills Palms Park
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Wildlife refuges and wilderness areas

References

^ Deserts at California Natural Resources Agency web site Archived 2013-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "California Deserts 101: High Desert vs Low Desert". Sand-boarding.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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[1] Deserts at California Natural Resources Agency web site Archived 2013-05-04 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "California Deserts 101: High Desert vs Low Desert". Sand-boarding.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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 [[File:Gateway to the Springs.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Gateway to [[Palm Springs, California]] as seen from above [[California State Route 62]] in the [[Sonoran Desert]], [[California]].]]
-The '''Low Desert''' (sometimes informally known as the '''Desert''') is a common name for any [[desert]] in [[California]] that is under 2,000 feet (609.6 m) in altitude. These areas include, but are not exclusive to, the '''[[Colorado Desert]]''' and [[Yuha Desert]], in the [[Southern California]] portion of the [[Sonoran Desert]]. These areas are distinguished in [[biogeography]] from the adjacent northern [[High Desert (California)|High Desert]] or [[Mojave Desert]] by latitude, elevation, animal life, climate, and [[native plant|native]] [[plant community|plant communities]].<ref>[http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/deserts.html Deserts at California Natural Resources Agency web site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504212746/http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/deserts.html |date=2013-05-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=California Deserts 101: High Desert vs Low Desert |url=https://sand-boarding.com/high-desert-vs-low-desert/ |website=Sand-boarding.com |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>
+The '''Low Desert''' (colloquially known as '''the Desert''' in the region) is a common name for any [[desert]] in [[California]] that is under 2,000 feet (609.6 m) in altitude. These areas include, but are not exclusive to, the [[Colorado Desert]] and [[Yuha Desert]] branches of the [[Sonoran Desert]], in the far southeasternmost portion of [[Southern California]]. These areas are distinguished in [[biogeography]] from the adjacent northern [[High Desert (California)|High Desert]] or [[Mojave Desert]] by latitude, elevation, animal life, climate, and [[native plant|native]] [[plant community|plant communities]].<ref>[http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/deserts.html Deserts at California Natural Resources Agency web site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504212746/http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/deserts.html |date=2013-05-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=California Deserts 101: High Desert vs Low Desert |url=https://sand-boarding.com/high-desert-vs-low-desert/ |website=Sand-boarding.com |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>
 ==Communities==

v t e Colorado Desert Region
Counties	Imperial County San Diego County(part) Riverside County(part) San Bernardino County(part)
Major Cities	El Centro Palm Springs Indio Palm Desert Coachella Calexico Brawley Blythe
Natural features	Sonoran Desert Colorado Desert Yuha Desert Imperial Valley New River Coyote Mountains Chocolate Mountains Algodones Dunes Palo Verde Valley Colorado River Salton Sea San Andreas Fault Fossil Canyon Painted Gorge
Historical interests	Bradshaw Trail Fort Yuma Old Plank Road
Designated areas	Joshua Tree National Park Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Heber Dunes Ocotillo Wells Picacho Salton Sea State Recreation Area Indio Hills Palms Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

v t e Inland Empire
Counties	Riverside San Bernardino
Principal cities	Riverside San Bernardino
Cities and towns 100k+	Corona Fontana Hesperia Jurupa Valley Menifee Moreno Valley Murrieta Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Rialto Temecula Victorville
Cities and towns 25k–100k	Adelanto Apple Valley Banning Barstow Beaumont Cathedral City Chino Chino Hills Coachella Colton Desert Hot Springs Eastvale Hemet Highland Indio La Quinta Lake Elsinore Montclair Norco Palm Desert Palm Springs Perris Redlands San Jacinto Twentynine Palms Upland Wildomar Yucaipa
Cities and towns 10k–25k	Big Bear City Bloomington Blythe Calimesa Canyon Lake Crestline Grand Terrace Home Gardens Lake Arrowhead Loma Linda Mead Valley Muscoy Rancho Mirage Valle Vista Woodcrest Yucca Valley
Cities and towns under 10k	Big Bear Lake Cabazon El Cerrito Oak Glen Highgrove Indian Wells Joshua Tree Mentone Needles Romoland San Antonio Heights Wrightwood
Regions	Coachella Valley Cucamonga Valley Elsinore Trough High Desert Morongo Basin Perris Plain Plains of Leon San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino Valley San Jacinto Mountains San Jacinto Valley Santa Ana Mountains Temecula Valley Temescal Mountains Victor Valley

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Communities

Parks

Wildlife refuges and wilderness areas

See also

References