The Mohave is high desert, 2000 to 5000 feet above sea level, except in the 550 square miles or so of Death Valley, where at one point it falls to 282 feet below sea level.
In summer the temperature can reach 134 degrees or more; in hollows, or in the bottom of washes or canyons, it can run a much as fifty degrees higher.
Winter is a different story. Wind sweeps the desert day in and day out; it is often bitterly cold, and there is even showfall. The snow rarely lasts long, but winter in the Mohave can be brutal punishment.
(from Callaghen, by Louis L'Amour)
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