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Very little of California isn’t desert.
Most of the coastal hills are nothing but sand.
By your definition, most of the Mojave isn’t dessert because there is lots of vegitation.
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Yes, Mojave is desert. My father grew up in Maricopa, and i know full well that deserts lie to the east of the coastal areas. I posted the definition of a desert and the coastal areas do not fall into that definition.