The Dumont Hills are a low
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
in the
Mojave Desert
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, in northeastern
San Bernardino County
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, southern
California
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.
The hills are just east of the southern section of the
Amargosa River
The Amargosa River is an intermittent waterway, 185 miles (298 km) long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. It drains a high desert region, the Amargosa Valley in the Amargosa Desert northwest of Las Vegas, int ...
before it heads west into
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the Highest temperature recorded on Earth, hottest place on Earth.
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the ...
. They are also east of southern
Death Valley National Park
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.
See also
Other ranges in the local area include the:
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Avawatz Mountains
The Avawatz Mountains are located in San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert.
Name
There are several theories for the origin of the name Avawatz. It could be derived from the Mohave Indian term "Avi-Ahwat", or "red rock". Alterna ...
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Saddle Peak Hills
The Saddle Peak Hills are a mountain range in the Mojave Desert, in northern San Bernardino County, southern California.
They are located within the southeastern corner of Death Valley National Park, northeast of the Avawatz Mountains.
See also
...
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Salt Spring Hills
The Salt Spring Hills are a low mountain range in the Mojave Desert, in northern San Bernardino County, California. They are just outside the southeastern corner of Death Valley National Park, southeast of the Saddle Peak Hills. The road betwee ...
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Silurian Hills
The Silurian Hills are a small range of hills in the Mojave Desert, southeast of Death Valley National Park, in southern California. The surrounding lower elevation lands provide important connectivity habitat between nearby mountain ranges. The ...
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Sperry Hills
The Sperry Hills are a low mountain range in the northern Mojave Desert—southern Amargosa Desert region, in northeastern San Bernardino County, southern California.
They are located south of Shoshone, east of Death Valley National Park
Deat ...
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Valjean Hills
The Valjean Hills are a low mountain range in the eastern Mojave Desert, in northern San Bernardino County, southern California.
They are located east of the Salt Spring Hills and southeastern Death Valley National Park, and west of Mount Charles ...
References
Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Amargosa Desert
Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California
Mountain ranges of Southern California
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