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Railroad Valley
Railroad Valley is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins in the Tonopah Basin and is about long north-south and up to wide, with some southern areas running southwest to northeast. Description The southern end of the valley begins near Gray Top Mountain (elevation ) and stretches north all the way to Mount Hamilton (elevation ). To the east are the Quinn Canyon, Grant, and White Pine Ranges, while to the west are the Pancake and Reveille Ranges. Most of the valley lies in Nye County, but it crosses into White Pine County at its northern end.Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, 2001, pgs. 47, 55, and 61 The valley includes numerous springs including Kate Springs and Blue Eagle Springranches such as the Blue Eagle Ranch, and 2 Tonopah Basin, Tonopah Playas. The valley has 4 separate Wildlife Management Areas ("Railroad Valley WMA"), and valley communities include Currant, Crows Nest, Green Springs, Lockes, and Nyala. Most of Nevada's oil production (totalling about 553,000 barrels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildlife Management Area
A Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a protected area set aside for the conservation of wildlife and for recreational activities involving wildlife. New Zealand There are 11 Wildlife Management Areas in New Zealand: * Horsham Downs Wildlife Management Reserves, Waikato * Waihi Estuary Wildlife Management Reserve, Bay of Plenty * Lake Waiau Wildlife Management Reserve, Manawatū-Whanganui * Koitiata Wildlife Management Reserve, Manawatū-Whanganui * Fletcher Creek Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Te Wharau Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Granville Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Hochstetter Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Wanganui River Flat Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Oneone Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Pye Creek Wildlife Management Area, West Coast Papua New Guinea In Papua New Guinea a Wildlife Management Area is the simplest form of protected area. A WMA designation protects an area of land or water while retaining fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valleys Of Nevada
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] |
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] |
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Of The Duckwater Reservation
The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Western Shoshone, based in central Nevada in the high desert Railroad Valley, in northern Nye County. Their autonym is ''Tsaidüka'' in their Shoshoni language, meaning "Eaters of tule." In October 2016, under the Nevada Native Nations Land Act, they were one of six federally recognized tribes in Nevada to have additional lands put into trust for their reservations. The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe is to receive approximately of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. Gaming is prohibited on the new lands. Reservation The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe has a federal reservation, the Duckwater Reservation (), in Nye County, Nevada. The reservation was established in 1940, when the tribe purchased the Florio Ranch and 21 families moved onto the land. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Shoshone
Western Shoshone comprise several Shoshone tribes that are indigenous to the Great Basin and have lands identified in the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863. They resided in Idaho, Nevada, California, and Utah. The tribes are very closely related culturally to the Paiute, Goshute, Bannock, Ute, and Timbisha tribes. They speak the Western dialect of the Shoshone language. Other Shoshone-speaking groups include the Goshute (Utah-Nevada border), Northern Shoshone (southern Idaho), and Eastern Shoshone (western Wyoming). Bands Bands of Western Shoshone are named for their traditional geographical homelands and their primary food sources. :*Kuyatikka (Kuyudikka, Bitterroot Eaters), Halleck, Mary's River, Clover Valley, Smith Creek Valley, Nevada :*Mahaguadüka (Mentzelia Seed Eaters), Reese River, Ruby Valley, Nevada :*Painkwitikka (Penkwitikka, Fish Eaters), Cache Valley, Idaho and Utah :*Tipatikka (Tepattekka'a, Tetadeka, Pinenut Eaters, Bia Tevateka), northernmost band, northern Utah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsaidüka
The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Western Shoshone, based in central Nevada in the high desert Railroad Valley, in northern Nye County. Their autonym is ''Tsaidüka'' in their Shoshoni language, meaning "Eaters of tule." In October 2016, under the Nevada Native Nations Land Act, they were one of six federally recognized tribes in Nevada to have additional lands put into trust for their reservations. The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe is to receive approximately of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. Gaming is prohibited on the new lands. Reservation The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe has a federal reservation, the Duckwater Reservation (), in Nye County, Nevada. The reservation was established in 1940, when the tribe purchased the Florio Ranch and 21 families moved onto the land. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Currant, Nevada
Currant is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada. Settled in 1868, it was first a farming town with a small population. Its current population is 65. Name Creeks nearby were named for the wild currants growing with the town, taking the name from Currant Creek. History Currant post office opened April 16, 1883, was reestablished September 19, 1892, and again August 31, 1926, operations suspended December 31, 1943. In 1914, a small amount of gold was discovered. In the late 1930s, small but highly productive claims of magnesite deposits were discovered in Nye County while major deposits were in Ely in White Pine County, Nevada, and magnesite mining stopped in 1942. Transportation Currant is located on U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ... at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonopah, Nevada
Tonopah ( , Shoshoni language: Tonampaa) is an unincorporated town in, and the county seat of, Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 6 and 95, approximately midway between Las Vegas and Reno. In the 2010 census, the population was 2,478. The census-designated place (CDP) of Tonopah has a total area of , all land. History The American community began circa 1900 with the discovery of silver-rich ore by prospector Jim Butler. The legendary tale of discovery says that he went looking for a burro that had wandered off during the night and sought shelter near a rock outcropping. When Butler discovered the animal the next morning, he picked up a rock to throw at it in frustration, noticing that the rock was unusually heavy. He had stumbled upon the second-richest silver strike in Nevada history. Men of wealth and power entered the region to consolidate the mines and reinvest their profits into the infrastructure of the town of Tonopah. Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Pine County
White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. The name "(Rocky Mountain) white pine" is an old name for the limber pine (''Pinus flexilis''), a common tree in the county's mountains. The county boasts dark skies, clean air and millions of acres of unspoiled public land. It is the home of Great Basin National Park, one of America's most remote and least visited national parks. It is also home to no less than 14 federally designated wilderness areas, offering an abundance of terrain available to explore for hikers, backpackers, skiers, hunters and anglers. The Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation is located in the county, on the south side of the City of Ely. The reservation has a land area of 104.99 acres (0.4249 km2) and a 2000 census official resident population of 133 people. History European settlement in White Pine County beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
