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Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort ...
Skyline of Reno, third most populous city in Nevada. Mountains around North Las Vegas, suburb of Las Vegas. Sparks, suburb of Reno and Nevada's fifth most populous city. Carson City, Nevada's capital and sixth largest city by population. Main street of Nevada's newest city, Fernley. Downtown Elko, eighth most populous city in Nevada.
Geology of Nevada. Valley of Fire near Las Vegas. The geology of Nevada began to form in the Proterozoic at the western margin of North America. Terranes accreted to the continent as a marine environment dominated the area through the Paleozoic and Mesozoic periods. Intense volcanism, the horst and graben landscape of the Basin and Range ...
The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion) of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt playa 100 miles (160 km) north of Reno, Nevada, that encompasses more than 300,000 acres (120,000 ha) of land and contains more than 120 miles (200 km) of historic ...
City is a land art sculpture by Michael Heizer in Garden Valley, a desert valley in rural Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Nevada. More than a mile long, it is the largest contemporary artwork ever built. [2][3] It was begun in 1972, took 50 years to complete, and cost an estimated $40 million. [4][5] City is maintained by the Triple Aught ...
Boulder City is a city [5] in Clark County, Nevada, United States. [4] It is approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2020 census, the population of Boulder City was 14,885. [6] The city took its name from Boulder Canyon. [7] Boulder City is one of only two places in Nevada that prohibits gambling, the other being the ...
The Thacker Pass lithium mine is a lithium clay mining development project in Humboldt County, Nevada, which is the largest known lithium deposit in the US and one of the largest in the world. [5][6][7] There has been significant exploration of Thacker Pass since 2007. The Bureau of Land Management issued a Record of Decision approving ...
ZIP Code. 89440. FIPS code. 32-80000. GNIS feature ID. 0856420. Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. [4] The city is a part of the Reno – Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.