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The Spring Mountains divide the Pahrump Valley and Amargosa River basins from the Las Vegas Valley watershed, which drains into the Colorado River watershed, by way of Las Vegas Wash into Lake Mead, thus the mountains define part of the boundary of the Great Basin.
Alvin R. McLane, Silent Cordilleras: The Mountain Ranges of Nevada. (Reno: Camp Nevada Monograph #4, 1978) (Reno: Camp Nevada Monograph #4, 1978) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) , USGS
Stuart Range from Cashmere Peak. There are at least 64 named mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Washington.Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System and trail guides published by The Mountaineers.
The McCullough Range is surrounded by three valleys. First, the Las Vegas Valley lies to the north; next, the north region of the Ivanpah Valley, with two major dry lakes borders the west; and to the east lies the endorheic basin of the Eldorado Valley. The range specifically borders one mountain range at the south, being connected to the ...
The Nellis Air Force Range contains all of the Desert National Wildlife Range, except in the entire east, the Sheep and Las Vegas Ranges, and Desert Lake. Mountain ranges Belted Range; Cactus Range; Groom Range; Landforms Amargosa River-(headwaters) Antelope Lake, west Nye County; Cactus Flat; Emigrant Valley; Gold Flat; Mellan (site) Mud Lake ...
Like the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada Range formed from a chain of volcanoes along a subduction zone. However unlike the Cascade volcanoes, those that formed the Sierra Nevada Range are mostly extinct and buried deep within the earth forming a bed of solidified lava that is responsible for the gray granitic rocks of the Sierra.
Although it was drier overall than many neighboring areas, glaciers did form in the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range. Small areas of eastern Nevada in the White Pine, Grant Ranges, Snake and Schell Creek mountains were also glaciated, along with the Toquima, Toiyabe and Monitor Ranges in the center of the state.
The southern portion of the Las Vegas Range has the linear ridgelines ending at the massif at the south, defining the northern Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area, including the city of North Las Vegas. Region. The range is on the southeast of the Sheep Range, which itself is a massive north–south range. Both ranges are Basin and Range block ...