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  2. List of mountain ranges of Nevada - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. Las Vegas Range - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Spring Mountains - Wikipedia

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    With an area around 860 square miles (2,200 km 2), and a vertical range of nearly 2 miles (3.2 km), the mountains encompass a wide variety of habitats, and the biological diversity is probably greater than anywhere else in Nevada; 37 species of trees are known (more than any other Nevadan range), and 600 species of vascular plants have been ...

  5. Spring Mountains National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) is a U.S. national recreation area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, west of Las Vegas, Nevada. It covers over 316,000 acres (494 sq mi; 1,280 km 2). The area runs from low meadows (around 3,000 feet or 910 meters above sea level), to the 11,918-foot (3,633 m) Mount Charleston.

  6. Sheep Range - Wikipedia

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    The Sheep Range is located north of Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. It is found in both Clark and Lincoln Counties in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge . The mountains reach a peak at Hayford Peak , 9,912 feet (3,021 m) above sea level between the Las Vegas Range to the east and the Desert Range to the west.

  7. McCullough Range - Wikipedia

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    Elevations range from 2,500 ft (760 m) in the northwest portion of the area to 7,026 ft (2,142 m) at McCullough Mountain in the center of the wilderness. Most of the area is composed of metamorphosed Precambrian rock, granite , and schist , although basalt and andesite flows occur in the northern reaches of the southern portion.

  8. List of mountain peaks of Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Of the most prominent summits of Nevada, Charleston Peak and Wheeler Peak exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet) of topographic prominence, eight peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence, and the following 52 peaks exceed 1400 meters (4593 feet).

  9. Mountain states - Wikipedia

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    Arizona and Nevada, as well as other parts of Utah and New Mexico, have other smaller mountain ranges and scattered mountains located in them as well. Sometimes, the Trans-Pecos area of West Texas is considered part of the region. The land area of the eight states together is some 855,767 square miles (2,216,426 km 2).

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