Mt. Charleston

The Spring Mountains are a mountain range of southern Nevada in the United States, running generally northwest-southeast along the west side of Las Vegas and down to the border with California. The highest point is Mount Charleston, at 11,918 ft (3,362 m). They are a sky island. The range is named for the number of springs to be found, many of them in the recesses of Red Rock Canyon, which is on the eastern side of the mountains. The Spring Mountains divide the Pahrump Valley and Amargosa River basin from the Las Vegas Valley, which drains into the Colorado River, thus the mountains define part of the boundary of the Great Basin. Image File history File links Mt. ... Image File history File links Mt. ... The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Carson City Las Vegas Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 7th 110,567 sq mi  286,367 km² 322 miles  519 km 490 miles  788 km 0. ... Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Sacramento Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  400 km 770 miles  1,240 km 4. ... Mount Charleston as seen from the North Loop Trail in late April. ... For the fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum, see Sky Island Sky islands are mountains in ranges isolated by valleys in which other ecosystems are located. ... A natural spring. ... Keystone Thrust at Red Rock Canyon NCA This article is about the National Conservation Area in Nevada. ... Amargosa River The Amargosa River is an intermittent stream, approximately 200 mi (320 km) long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. ... The Las Vegas metropolitan area, better known as the Las Vegas Valley, is a 600 square mile (1600 km²) basin that is part of Clark County in southern Nevada. ... Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from Desert View The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. ... Map showing the Great Basin in orange The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States, commonly defined as the contiguous watershed region, roughly between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, that has no natural outlet to the sea. ...

Mt Charleston towers nearly 9,000 feet over the Pahrump valley floor in this view from the southwest.

With an area of about 2,220 sq km, and a vertical range of nearly two miles, 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 reported from the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area alone. The bases of the mountains are part of the Lower Mojavean Zone, dominated by creosote bush and white bursage, then there is a Blackbrush Zone followed by a Pygmy Conifer Zone with juniper, pinyon pine and mountain-mahogany, topped by a Montane Zone around Mt. Charleston and its connecting ridges. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x2434, 310 KB) Mount Charleston, Spring Mountains, Nevada, seen from the west, taken March 2005 by User:Stan Shebs File links The following pages link to this file: Spring Mountains ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x2434, 310 KB) Mount Charleston, Spring Mountains, Nevada, seen from the west, taken March 2005 by User:Stan Shebs File links The following pages link to this file: Spring Mountains ... Habitat (from the Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ... Biodiversity or biological diversity is a neologism and a portmanteau word, from bio and diversity. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... Divisions Non-seed-bearing plants Equisetophyta Lycopodiophyta Psilotophyta Pteridophyta Superdivision Spermatophyta Pinophyta Cycadophyta Ginkgophyta Gnetophyta Magnoliophyta The vascular plants are plants in the Kingdom Plantae (also called Viridiplantae) that have specialized tissues for conducting water. ... Keystone Thrust at Red Rock Canyon NCA This article is about the National Conservation Area in Nevada. ... Binomial name Larrea tridentata (Sessé & Moc. ... Species See text. ... Species Section Cembroides     Pinus cembroides     Pinus orizabensis     Pinus johannis     Pinus culminicola     Pinus remota     Pinus edulis     Pinus monophylla     Pinus quadrifolia Section Rzedowskiae     Pinus rzedowskii     Pinus pinceana     Pinus maximartinezii Section Nelsoniae     Pinus nelsonii The pinyon pines (or piñon pines), are a group of pines, which grow in the southwestern United States and... Species - Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany - Hairy Mountain-mahogany - Littleleaf Mountain-mahogany - Curlleaf Mountain-mahogany - Alderleaf Mountain-mahogany - Catalina Island Mountain-mahogany Mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus) is a small genus of five or six species of deciduous shrubs or small trees in the Rosaceae, native to the western United States and northern Mexico...

Other major summits include Bonanza Peak, McFarland Peak, Mummy Mountain, Griffith Peak, Bridge Mountain, and Mount Wilson. Mummy Mountain Categories: Stub | Nevada mountains ... Bridge Mountain is one of the mountains surrounding Red Rock Canyon in the Spring Mountains of Nevada, United States. ...

The mountains are mostly owned by the Bureau of Land Management and managed as part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The area to the west is part of the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. US BLM logo The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers Americas public lands, totaling approximately 261 million surface acres (1,056,229. ... The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF) is the only U.S. National Forest located in the U.S. state of Nevada. ... The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, and lies west of Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

The sandstone reefs of Red Rock Canyon are seen to bridge the northern and southern parts of the range, in this aerial view from the south.

The area around Mt. Charleston is protected in the Mount Charleston Wilderness. Typically 20-30 degrees cooler than the valleys below, the area is a popular getaway for Las Vegas residents and visitors; there is a lodge and the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort ski area. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2400x1207, 281 KB) Aerial view of the Spring Mountains from the south, taken March 2005 by User:Stan Shebs Red Rock Canyon and the sandstone reef above it are visible at right. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2400x1207, 281 KB) Aerial view of the Spring Mountains from the south, taken March 2005 by User:Stan Shebs Red Rock Canyon and the sandstone reef above it are visible at right. ... A ski area is a place where one goes to participate in the sports of skiing and snowboarding. ...

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Spring Mountains

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