Word origins

• MohaveA Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.
• ankeeA variety of the grass species Echinochloa crus-galli, used as a crop and its seeds for food.
• ChemehueviAn indigenous people of the Great Basin; the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute.
• Lake HavasuA reservoir formed by the Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona.
• Mojave DesertAn arid desert in southern California, north and east of Los Angeles and southeast of the Sierra Nevada, the driest desert in North America.