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Winnemucca Lake is a dry lake bed in northwest Nevada that features the oldest known petroglyphs in North America. Located astride the border between Washoe and Pershing counties, [ 1 ] it was a shallow lake until the 1930s, but was dried when a dam and a road were built that combined to restrict and block water flow.
The Lake Range is a mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States. It is entirely in Washoe County , and the southern two-thirds are in the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation . The range runs north-south for approximately 36 miles (58 km) and a width of generally less than 8 mi (13 km).
It includes lakes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Endorheic lakes of Nevada" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Winnemucca (/ ˌ w ɪ n ə ˈ m ʌ k ə / ⓘ) is the only incorporated city in, and is the county seat of Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 8,431, [6] up 14.0 percent from the 2010 census figure of 7,396.
Winnemucca's history and legends make the charming town well worth a visit.
The Truckee River diversion dam built in 1903–04 diverts water that formerly ran unchecked into Winnemucca Lake and Pyramid Lake to the Lake Lahontan reservoir, where it is used for irrigation. The dam was constructed for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation following an authorization for construction issued on March 14, 1903. Construction ...
Poito, also known as Chief Winnemucca, a chief of the Northern Paiute. Numaga, also known as Young Winnemucca, a war chief of the Northern Paiute and Poito's nephew. Natchez, also known as Little Winnemucca, a chief of the Northern Paiute and Poito's son. Poito's daughter, Sarah Winnemucca, activist, educator, and advocate for the Northern Paiute.
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