Essays Tagged: "Mojave Desert"

The five Themes in Geography

environment of the location. It would be illogical, and non-profitable to build a ski resort in the Mojave desert. However, it would be logical to build a resort in the higher elevations of the Rocky ...

(5 pages) 143 0 4.8 Sep/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Play response:Sam Shepard's "Fool For Love"--incls: Title-Author-Nationality-Period and Setting-Synopsis-Unique Elements of Playwright's Style-Production Challenges/Problems

Sam ShepardNationality: AmericanPeriod and Setting: 1980's, Low rent motel room on the edge of the Mojave DesertSynopsis: At the top, Eddie is trying to reassure a very stricken May that he isn't goi ...

(5 pages) 74 0 4.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

History of Fort Irwin

Ft. IrwinFort Irwin is located approximately 37 miles northeast of Barstow, California in the High Mojave Desert midway between Las Vegas, Nevada and Los Angeles, California. Ft. Irwin is one of the ... on.Spanish settlers it is assumed were the first European influence to have contact with the native Mojave, Chemehuevi, and Quechan Indians who lived in the California desert for thousands of years be ...

(5 pages) 52 1 3.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

This is an essay on Goler Wash and many areas nearby

t, July 17, 1998 ! I moved there to explore the Park, as well as the nearby Owen's Valley area, the Mojave desert to the south, and the surrounding Sierra Nevada Mountains. While I don't claim to know ... arted! Includes information on Death Valley & Great Basin desert, as well as the Colorodo & Mojave deserts. Routes & planning, hiking, history, geology, flora & fauna, camping ... it's ...

(22 pages) 82 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

"Death Watch" by Robb White

athThe book "Deathwatch", is written by Robb White. The story is about a man named Ben who's in the Mojave desert without clothes, food, or water and hunted by a madman named Madec who has a .358 magn ... ood, or water and hunted by a madman named Madec who has a .358 magnum. Ben was being hunted in the Mojave desert because Madec had offered Ben money to take him around the desert looking for bighorn ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Resource Dependence Perspective

260).This is exactly what is happening in the Morongo Basin, where I reside. We are located in the Mojave desert, at the southwestern edge of the Joshua Tree National Park - a park listed by the Fede ...

(3 pages) 14 0 3.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Space ship one: Scaled Composites Venture to Win the X Prize and To Put Civilians in Space

ABSTRACTTitle:Scaled Composites is an aerospace innovation and development company located in the Mojave desert of California. Headed by Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites set out to become the first pri ... ily (X Prize Foundation). Later in that year, on October 4, 2004, the Ansari X Prize was awarded to Mojave Aerospace Adventures, the first privatized venture to successful put a spacecraft into space. ...

(15 pages) 13 0 3.7 Oct/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Solar Energy in North African Region

ents in CSP peaked in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the development of 350MW of plants in the Mojave Desert in the USA but then flatlined for nearly. The long dearth of projects and only recent ...

(6 pages) 1 0 0.0 Feb/2013

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays