Mostly because of all the plants and animals that call the desert home. Some animals that live in the hot desert are cold-blooded, like snakes, insects, and lizards. Mammals that live in the desert are usually small, such as the kangaroo rat and kit fox. Sometimes it's hard to survive in the desert.
Las Plumas (Spanish for The Feathers; Latin: plÅ«ma feather) is a former settlement in Butte County, California.
Verdi-Mogul is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. For the 2010 census it was split into two separate CDPs, Verdi and Mogul. The communities lie on the western side of the RenoâSparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, just off Interstate 80.