Roads and Trails (Pictures)

The state of desert soil and vegetation is very much impacted by the construction and use of roads and trails. The following are 6 different types of roads that run through the Mojave Desert.

Picture A: an Off-highway Vehicle trail (OHV)

Pictures B and C: unimproved local road and improved local road

 

 

Picture D: a collector road

 

 

Picture E and F: arterial road and limited-access highway

 

 



 

 

Pictures taken from:

 

Webb, Robert H., Lynn F. Fenstermaker, Jill S. Heaton, Debra L. Hughson, Eric V. Mcdonald, and David M. Millar, eds. The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 2009. Print.

Pages 174-175