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2. Washoe Lake - Wikipedia

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   Washoe Lake is a eutrophic, shallow lake between Reno and Carson City and just east of the much larger Lake Tahoe. The lake reaches a maximum depth of just 12 feet (3.7 m). The shallowness and the high winds make the lake very turbid. Extensive droughts in the past have caused the lake to dry up entirely, most recently in 1992, 1994, and 2004. [5]

3. Geography of Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Washoe County is the second-most populous county of Nevada. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County includes the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area. Lyon County is the third most populous county. It was one of the nine original counties created in 1861. It was named after Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union General to be killed in the Civil War.

4. Cold Springs, Washoe County, Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Cold Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. [2] It is known as Eitse'ihpaa or Eitse'ippaa (literally "cold water" or "cold spring") in Shoshoni. [3] It is located just off U.S. Route 395 in the northwestern part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, adjacent to the California state line.

5. Lyon County, Nevada - Wikipedia

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   It is the fourth-smallest county in Nevada by area. The highest point is approximately 10,565 feet (3,220 m) on the northeast ridge of Middle Sister , the peak of which is located in adjacent Mono County , California , while the highest independent mountain completely within Lyon County is the nearby East Sister .

6. Lemmon Valley, Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Lemmon Valley is located at (39.6638, -119.8270), [4] some 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown Golden Valley is adjacent to the south.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 18.4 square miles (47.6 km 2), of which 17.2 square miles (44.5 km 2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2), or 6.57%, is water, [3] consisting mainly of the Swan Lake Nature Study Area ...

7. List of rivers of Nevada - Wikipedia

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   List of rivers of Nevada ... List of Lake Tahoe inflow streams; ... USGS Geographic Names Information Service; USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Nevada (1974)