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List Of Valleys Of Nevada
This is a list of valleys of Nevada. Valleys are ordered alphabetically, by county. Dramatic parallelism is shown in the landforms of central and eastern Nevada. The most common valley name is Antelope Valley which is used for 5 different areas in Douglas, Elko/White Pine, Eureka, Lander, and Washoe Counties. Churchill County * Carson Sink * Copper Valley (Churchill-Pershing Counties) * Dixie Valley (Churchill-Pershing Counties) * Edwards Creek Valley * Fairview Valley * Granite Springs Valley (Churchill-Pershing Counties) * Lahontan Valley * North Valley * Stingaree Valley * Wyemaha Valley Clark County * Bitter Spring Valley * Cottonwood Valley * Cottonwood Valley (Mojave Co., Arizona/Clark Co., Nevada) * Dry Lake Valley * Eldorado Valley * Goodsprings Valley * Green Valley * Hidden Valley * Indian Springs Valley (Nevada) (Clark-Lincoln Counties) * Ivanpah Valley * Las Vegas Valley * Mercury Valley * ''Moapa Valley'' * Pahrump Valley (Clark-Nye Counties) * Paradise Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacier, glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glaciation, glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In karst, areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place cave, underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from tectonics, earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pahrump Valley
Pahrump Valley is a Mojave Desert valley west of Las Vegas and the Spring Mountains massif in southern Nye County, Nevada, and eastern San Bernardino County, California. Pahrump, Nevada, is in the valley's center and the Tecopa and Chicago Valleys are immediately to the wesThe valley has routes to Death Valley and a route to Las Vegas. Pahrump Valley Dayis the annual event in February each year, along with the sanctioned JRH-HS Rodeo. History The Pahrump Valley was crossed by the Old Spanish Trail (trade route), Old Spanish Trail and later the Salt Lake Road. Geography The large block of the Spring Mountains borders Pahrump Valley on the northeast and east, with Nevada State Route 160 skirting parts of the mountain's south, and being the only due west route from Las Vegas. Route 160 turns northwest to Pahrump in the valley's center-north then meets U.S. Route 95 at the valley's north perimeter. Carpenter Canyon road starts near Pahrump and runs about 10 miles to Carpenter Canyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmeralda County, Nevada
Esmeralda County is a County (United States), county in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 729, making it the least populous county in Nevada. Esmeralda County does not have any incorporated communities. Its county seat is the town of Goldfield, Nevada, Goldfield. Its 2000 census population density of was the County statistics of the United States, second-lowest of any county in the contiguous United States (above Loving County, Texas). Esmeralda County School District, Its school district does not have a high school, so students in grades 9–12 go to school in Tonopah, Nevada, Tonopah, in the Nye County School District. Most residents live in Goldfield or in the town of Dyer, Nevada, Dyer in Fish Lake Valley, near the California border. Esmeralda is the only Nevada county in the Los Angeles TV market (or any California market) as defined by Nielsen Corporation, The Nielsen Corporation. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecoma Valley (Nevada-Utah)
''Tecoma'' is a genus of 14 species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae. Twelve species are from the Americas, while the other two species are African. The American species range from the extreme southern United States through Central America and the Antilles south through Andean South America to northern Argentina. The generic name is derived from the Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ... word ''tecomaxochitl'', which was applied by the indigenous peoples of Mexico to plants with tubular flowers. Trumpetbush is a common name for plants in this genus. Species Hybrids and cultivars * ''Tecoma'' × ''smithii'' W. Watson Formerly placed here References Bignoniaceae genera {{Bignoniaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Valley
{{coord, 40.400, -115.300, display=title Ruby Valley is a large basin located in south-central Elko and northern White Pine counties in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. From Secret Pass it runs south-southwest for approximately 60 miles (96 km) to Overland Pass. To the west is the steep escarpment of the Ruby Mountains, and to the north is the East Humboldt Range and Clover Valley. The east side of the valley is less well defined, but its maximum width is about 10 miles (16 km) near Franklin Lake. At its south end lies the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. SR 229 passes along the northeast edge of the valley, and Ruby Valley Road ( SR 767 and CR 788) runs along its western edge. Harrison Pass Road (CR 718) crosses the Ruby Mountains near the center of the valley. Much of the floor of Ruby Valley lies at elevations near 6000 feet (1820 m). The valley played an important role in the history of the Great Basin. Nomadic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilot Creek Valley
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they are involved in operating the aircraft's navigation and engine systems. Other aircrew members, such as drone operators, flight attendants, mechanics and ground crew, are not classified as aviators. In recognition of the pilots' qualifications and responsibilities, most militaries and many airlines worldwide award aviator badges to their pilots. History The first recorded use of the term ''aviator'' (''aviateur'' in French) was in 1887, as a variation of ''aviation'', from the Latin ''avis'' (meaning ''bird''), coined in 1863 by in ''Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne'' ("Aviation or Air Navigation"). The term ''aviatrix'' (''aviatrice'' in French), now archaic, was formerly used for a female aviator. These terms were used more in the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goshute Valley
The Goshute Valley is an endorheic landform of the Great Basin in Elko County, Nevada, Elko County, Nevada, United States. Description The towns of Oasis, Nevada, Oasis and Cobre, Nevada, Cobre are in the valley's north, and the central and north of the valley contains broken flatlands, with short washes draining from the surrounding mountain ranges. Interstate 80 in Nevada, Interstate 80 crosses the valley and has a junction with Nevada State Route 233, State Route 233 at Oasis. The Nevada Northern Railway traverses the valley north from Ely, Nevada, Ely and intersects the Western Pacific Railroad at Shafter and continues on north to a connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Cobre. The southern of the valley turns southwest and includes the northeast-flowing Nelson Creek which drains into a flatland sink (geography), sink. Currie, Nevada, Currie is in the Steptoe Valley to the southwest end of the Goshute Valley adjacent a drainage divide between the north flowing Nel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clover Valley (Nevada)
The Clover Valley of Nevada, is a 37-mile (60 km) long valley located in central-southeast Elko County. Wells, Nevada lies at its north end, on I-80. Clover Valley lies at the east flank of the mostly north-trending East Humboldt Range, which supplies numerous creeks to the north valley; the mountain forests supplying the water are a section of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. A slough exists in the north which drains south to intermittent Snow Water Lake. Description Clover Valley trends north-south. The Wood Hills lie along the northeast and eastern edge, to the southeast of Wells; Spruce Mountain is south-southeast. Dissected lowlands or flatlands surround Snow Water Lake, which lies near the valley's center, except on its west at the East Humboldt Range foothills bordering the lake. History The first permanent settlement at Clover Valley was made in 1864. A station on the Western Pacific Railroad between Ventosa and Wells was named for a directional sign posted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antelope Valley (Elko-White Pine Counties)
The Antelope Valley adjacent to the Nevada/Utah state line, and located in southeast Elko County and northeast White Pine County, Nevada is a 70 mi (113 km) longNevada Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 41. endorheic valley. The valley curves around the Dolly Varden and Kinsley Mountains, and the Antelope Range. The valley is separated into two sections north and south, with an unnamed badlands region, at (though labelled as such) between eastern mountain ranges on its central-east perimeter. These badlands are on the Nevada/Utah border and southeast of Ferber Hills a small range of hills, mostly in Elko County, Nevada and partially in Tooele County, Utah. A large two-lobed playa region makes up most of the south valley region, and can be easily seen from surrounding mountain ridgelines. Description Antelope Valley is about 70 mi long, north–south, but arc-shaped pointing due-west around the three mountain ranges. The center of the valley is adjacent the small range, 3 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elko County, Nevada
Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County. Elko County is the fourth-largest county by area in the contiguous United States, ranking lower when the boroughs of Alaska are included. It is one of only 10 counties in the U.S. with more than of area. Elko County is part of the Elko, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area. It contains 49.8 percent of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, set up in the late 19th century for the Shoshone-Paiute peoples; they are a federally recognized tribe. Although slightly more than 50% of the reservation is across the border in Owyhee County, Idaho, the majority of tribal members live on the Nevada side. The reservation's land area is . History This area was long inhabited by Native American tribes of the Plateau, particularly the Western Shoshone, Northern Paiute, and Bannock p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antelope Valley (California-Nevada)
The Antelope Valley is a high valley in the eastern Sierra Nevada stretching from Mono County, California to Douglas County, Nevada. Geography Antelope Valley is approximately long and wide.Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 50-51. The USGS reports its elevation at . It stretches from to . The mountains surrounding the valley floor rise to over . The topography of the valley floor is gently rolling and conducive to the agricultural and pastoral uses to which it is put. The valley sides are made up of steep slopes. The primary land use is irrigation-based agriculture and grazing. Hydrography Antelope Valley is watered by the West Walker River and Mill Creak, and contains Topaz Lake (a reservoir). Settlement On the California side of the border, where the vast majority () of the valley lies, the Antelope Valley is served by the Antelope Valley Fire Protection District (formed 1947) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas County, Nevada
Douglas County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of th2020 Census the population was 49,488. Its county seat is Minden. Douglas County comprises the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Reno–Carson City– Fernley, NV Combined Statistical Area. History The town of Genoa in Douglas County was the first permanent settlement in Nevada. Genoa was settled in 1851 by Mormon traders selling goods to settlers on their way to California. Named for Stephen A. Douglas, famous for his 1860 Presidential campaign and debates with Abraham Lincoln, Douglas County was one of the first nine counties formed in 1861 by the Nevada territorial legislature. The county seat is Minden, after having been moved from Genoa in 1915. Various services run by the county include parks, law enforcement, road maintenance, building inspection, and the Minden–Tahoe Airport. Fire protection and emergency medical services a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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