Amargosa Desert

The Amargosa Desert is located in western Nevada, USA, along the border with California. Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is largely coincident with the geographic Amargosa Valley. For the town in Nevada see Amargosa Valley Nevada The Amargosa Valley is a valley which straddles the border of the states of California The desert lies at an elevation of about 2,600 - 2,750 feet, and includes the community of Amargosa Valley, Nevada (formerly Lathrop Wells), which lies at the southern end of the desert. For the geographic valley in Nevada see Amargosa Valley. Amargosa Valley (formerly Lathrop Wells) is a town located in Nye The Amargosa desert lies between the Funeral Mountains on the west and Yucca Mountain and the Nellis Air Force Range to the east, in Nye County. The Funeral Mountains are a short arid Mountain range in the United States along the California - Nevada border approximately 100 mi (160 Nye County is a County located in the US state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 32485

The desert is named after the Amargosa River, so-named for the Spanish word for bitter because of the bitter taste of the water. The Amargosa River is an intermittent stream approximately 200 mi (320 km long in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States ^[1]

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Amargosa Desert, Nevada