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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.
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.
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).
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.
The highest peak has an elevation of 2,511 m (8,238 ft) which is 1,353 m (4,439 ft) above the elevation of the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at about 1,158 m (3,799 ft). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The site of Nightingale and its large tungsten mine (abandoned in the 1950s) are at the southern end of the east slope.
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 ...
Rental costs in Winnemucca, in the northern part of the state, dropped about 3.4% year over year to $935. The median value of a home is $252,506, about $17,000 below the national figure. Berlin ...
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