There are both cold deserts as well as hot deserts.
The Mojave is a low, subtropical desert while the Colorado Plateau Desert is a high, cold winter desert.
The Colorado Plateau Desert is a high cold winter desert.
High
It would generally be considered as a low desert as is the entire Mojave Desert.
The cast of Low Tide in the High Desert - 2011 includes: Steve Corona as Chuck Chris Ranney as Gary
The Mojave Desert is generally considered to be a low desert, but the distinction of low and high deserts may have only limited usefulness because each desert type has lands of various elevations and resultant diversity of habitats. The Great Basin Desert and Sonoran Desert are considered to be high and low deserts, respectively, but C. Hart Merriam demonstrated that each has different life zones based on actual elevation rather than just on regional geographic classifications. Some peaks in the Mohave Desert reach over 11,000 feet in elevation and feature a full range of life zones.
Some deserts have low elevation, some have a rather high elevation. Not all deserts have a low altitude.
The desert sand has very low specific heat because it absorbs and releases heat very readily.
desert
Desert biome is very dry, characterized by low precipitation levels and high temperatures.
High desert is 5000 feet and above. There is also a difference in the flora and fauna. Since the high deserts usually experiences lower temperatures and stay colder longer the plants have adapted to a shorter growing season. Low desert can also have elevations below sea level.
low desert is a name for the desert of California regions that includes Colorado desert and Yuha desert