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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
access largely restricted due to military use
administrativeRegion Imperial County, California NERFINISHED
Riverside County, California NERFINISHED
biome desert
climate arid
contains bajadas and alluvial fans
rocky ridges
steep canyons
country United States of America
countrySubdivision State of California NERFINISHED
drainageBasin Colorado River Basin NERFINISHED
Salton Sink NERFINISHED
ecoregion Colorado Desert ecoregion NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
highestPoint Black Mountain (Chocolate Mountains) NERFINISHED
locatedIn Chocolate Mountains NERFINISHED
Colorado Desert NERFINISHED
Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED
Southern California
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
mountainRangeType desert mountain range
namedFor chocolate-brown color of the rocks
nearbyFeature Chuckwalla Mountains NERFINISHED
Palo Verde Valley NERFINISHED
Salton Sea NERFINISHED
notableFeature brown, chocolate-colored rock formations
operator United States Navy
orientation northwest–southeast
partOf Basin and Range Province
Imperial County, California NERFINISHED
Riverside County, California NERFINISHED
proximityTo Colorado River NERFINISHED
region Lower Colorado River Valley NERFINISHED
rockType metamorphic
volcanic
state California, United States
surface form: California
surfaceFeature exposed bedrock
terrain rugged
usedFor military training
vegetationType sparse desert vegetation

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Colorado Desert contains Chocolate Mountains