Silurian Valley is a valley in the

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily i ...

, in

San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,18 ...

. The valley trends in a north–south direction, its mouth located just southeast of the south end of

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 hottest place on Earth. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North Am ...

at . Its head is at . The valley is drained by Salt Creek a tributary 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, i ...

and contains Silurian Lake and Dry Sand Lake. Silurian Valley is bounded on the northwest by the Salt Spring Hills; on the north by the Dumont Dunes and Dumont Hills; on the west by the

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 ...

; on the northeast by the Kingston Range; on the east by the Valjean Valley and Silurian Hills and on the southeast and south by the

Soda Mountains The Soda Mountains are located in the eastern Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, USA. The range lies to the north of Interstate 15 west of the town of Baker. Geography The range reaches an elevation of at the western end of the r ...

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