Colorado Desert Geomorphic Province
The Colorado Desert province is a low-lying barren desert basin, about 245 feet below sea level in part, is
dominated by the Salton Sea. The province is a depressed block between active branches of alluvium-covered
San Andreas Fault with the southern extension of the Mojave Desert on the east. It is characterized by
the ancient beach lines and silt deposits of extinct Lake Cahuilla.
San Andreas Fault
The presence of the San Andreas fault was brought dramatically to world attention on April 18, 1906, when sudden ...
Ecology
Colorado Desert
This section is a very hot part of the Basin and Range Province that is sometimes called the Salton Trough. ...