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ID: 1102107
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1102107
Record Type:
administrative
Joshua Tree National Monument (national monument)
Coordinates:
Lat: 33 52 22 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 33.8734
decimal degrees
Long: 115 54 03 W
degrees minutes
Long: -115.9010
decimal degrees
Note:
High desert region on the border between Mojave and Colorado deserts; known for dramatically-shaped and colorful granite formations & for lush plant life, including Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia).
Names:
Joshua Tree National Monument
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Joshua Tree
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
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North and Central America
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P
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United States
(nation) (
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California
(state) (
P
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San Bernardino
(county) (
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Joshua Tree National Monument
(national monument) (
P
)
Place Types:
national monument (
preferred
,
C
)
............
established in 1936
desert (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Joshua Tree..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1262
Joshua Tree National Monument..........
[
M Adams
,
VP Preferred
]
..................................................
Adams, Database of Ansel Adams works (2000-)
..................................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 625
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 625
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1262
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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