Orocopia Mountains

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The Orocopia Mountains are a rugged, arid mountain range in Southern California known for their desert landscapes, geological diversity, and proximity to the San Andreas Fault.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Orocopia Mountains canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Chocolate Mountains ⓘ
Chuckwalla Mountains ⓘ
Salton Sea region ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
contains Orocopia Schist ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
drainageBasin Salton Trough ⓘ
ecosystem Sonoran Desert scrub ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,300 meters ⓘ
approximately 4,300 feet ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
geologicalSetting boundary region of the North American Plate and Pacific Plate ⓘ
geologicalSignificance records movement along the San Andreas Fault system ⓘ
hasRockType igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasViewOf Salton Sea ⓘ
highestPoint Orocopia Mountains High Point ⓘ
knownFor arid climate ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
geological diversity ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado Desert ⓘ
Riverside County, California ⓘ
linked to: Riverside County

Southern California ⓘ
nameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
near Box Canyon Road ⓘ
Interstate 10 in California ⓘ
Mecca, California ⓘ
San Andreas Fault ⓘ
partOf California desert regions ⓘ
linked to: California deserts

Orocopia Mountains Wilderness ⓘ
Transverse and Peninsular ranges transition zone ⓘ
protectedBy Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
rangeOrientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
state California ⓘ
usedFor geological research ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
off-highway vehicle recreation (in designated areas) ⓘ
vegetation cacti ⓘ
creosote bush ⓘ
desert shrubs ⓘ
wildlife desert bighorn sheep ⓘ
desert rodents ⓘ
reptiles ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Colorado Desert → contains → Orocopia Mountains ⓘ
Orocopia Mountains Wilderness → mountainRange → Orocopia Mountains ⓘ
Chuckwalla Mountains → locatedNear → Orocopia Mountains ⓘ