The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the time, except for the headwaters and several bedrock gorges in the lower reaches.

A desert paradox, the Mojave River is mostly hidden underground during its hundred-mile course from the San Bernardino Mountains to Soda Lake, in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Jan 29, 2025 · Located on the eastern side of the San Bernardino Mountains, the Mojave River has played a critical role in the early exploration of San Bernardino County. Over 8,000 years ago, the Vanyume, a Serrano Native American tribe, were among the first to …

Nov 7, 2018 · Take a 3D tour along the Mojave River and learn about its contribution to groundwater and surface water supply and the geologic characteristics that control it.

Feb 26, 2018 · The Mojave River rises on the northern and eastern slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains. It runs north into the desert for about 40 miles and then turns east and runs for another 70 miles...

The Mojave River is the largest drainage system in the Mojave Desert. It's modern extent and capacity is only a fraction compared to its extent during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Learn about the Mojave River, a unique desert waterway that flows underground for most of its 110-mile journey, surfacing at key locations like the Upper and Lower Narrows and Afton Canyon, creating rare riparian habitats in the Mojave Desert.

The Mojave River supports the only significant riparian habitat in the western Mojave Desert, and its water is essential for the increasingly imperiled fish and wildlife that rely on it. WRC has conserved a vital stretch of this unique California river.