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Eldorado Valley
Eldorado Valley, or El Dorado Valley, is a Great Basin valley in the Mojave Desert southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas and southwest of Boulder City, Nevada. The valley is endorheic, containing the Eldorado Dry Lake. The Great Basin Divide, transects ridgelines and saddles, on the north, northeast, east, and south around the valley, as the valley sits on the east of the McCullough Range, a Great Basin massif, on the Great Basin Divide at its north terminus and its south terminus. Much of the valley is protected as part of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. Geography The north end of the valley contains a large salt pan, or dry lake, Dry Lake (Eldorado Valley, Nevada), Dry Lake or Eldorado Playa, while the southern two thirds drains northwards. U.S. Route 95 in Nevada, U.S. Route 95 traverses eastern portions of the valley, and climbs steeply to meet U.S. Route 93 in Nevada, U.S. Route 93, connecting Boulder City to Henderson, Nevada, Henderson. The endorheic basin lies north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Range (Clark County)
The Highland Mountains or Highland Range in Nevada connect with the Eldorado Mountains, Eldorado and Newberry Mountains (Nevada), Newberry mountains. Clark County The Highland Range of Clark County, Nevada, Clark County is a small long,Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 72 mountain range, range south of Henderson, Nevada and separated from the southeast flank of the McCullough Range by a narrow, approximately three-mile wide valley, at the head of Piute Wash. The Highland Range also lies on the southwest border region of the endorheic Eldorado Valley. The Highland Range Crucial Bighorn Habitat Area is a large part of the range's north, and also the alluvial plains on the northeast above Eldorado Valley. The Highland Range is about 10 miles long. A north section with a ridgeline extends somewhat into Eldorado Valley; the center and southeast gradually lower in elevation toward the southern margin of Eldorado Valley, just to the northwest of the mining area around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |