Chocolate Mountains

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The Chocolate Mountains are a rugged, arid mountain range in Southern California known for their brown, chocolate-colored volcanic and metamorphic rock formations within the Colorado Desert.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chocolate Mountains canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
access largely restricted due to military use ⓘ
administrativeRegion Imperial County, California ⓘ
linked to: Imperial County

Riverside County, California ⓘ
linked to: Riverside County
biome desert ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains bajadas and alluvial fans ⓘ
rocky ridges ⓘ
steep canyons ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countrySubdivision State of California ⓘ
drainageBasin Colorado River Basin ⓘ
Salton Sink ⓘ
linked to: Salton Trough
ecoregion Colorado Desert ecoregion ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Desert
ecosystem Sonoran Desert scrub ⓘ
elevation approximately 2,700 feet ⓘ
approximately 820 meters ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic and Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic metamorphic rocks ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
hasPart Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range ⓘ
highestPoint Black Mountain (Chocolate Mountains) ⓘ
locatedIn Chocolate Mountains ⓘ
Colorado Desert ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
mountainRangeType desert mountain range ⓘ
namedFor chocolate-brown color of the rocks ⓘ
nearbyFeature Chuckwalla Mountains ⓘ
Palo Verde Valley ⓘ
Salton Sea ⓘ
notableFeature brown, chocolate-colored rock formations ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Imperial County, California ⓘ
linked to: Imperial County

Riverside County, California ⓘ
linked to: Riverside County
proximityTo Colorado River ⓘ
region Lower Colorado River Valley ⓘ
rockType metamorphic ⓘ
volcanic ⓘ
state California ⓘ
surfaceFeature exposed bedrock ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
usedFor military training ⓘ
vegetationType sparse desert vegetation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado Desert → contains → Chocolate Mountains ⓘ
Black Mountain (Chocolate Mountains) → locatedIn → Chocolate Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: Chocolate Mountains
Orocopia Mountains → adjacentTo → Chocolate Mountains ⓘ
Southeastern California → contains → Chocolate Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: southeastern California
Chuckwalla Mountains → locatedNear → Chocolate Mountains ⓘ