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The Virgin Mountains are a mountain range of the northeastern Mojave Desert , located in Clark County , southeastern Nevada and Mohave County , northwestern Arizona.
Geography
[ edit ] Historical (1928) photo of the southern Virgin Mountains and Grand Wash
Virgin Peak, at 7,946 feet (2,422 m ) in elevation, is the highest point in the range. The range is northeast of Lake Mead , and around 15 miles (24 km ) south of the Nevada town of Mesquite .
Hydrologically, the range is located in the Lower Colorado —Lake Mead watershed . (USGS Huc 1501),[2]
Virgin Range Panorama (Southeast)
91.6% of the range is managed by the Bureau of Land Management , with a section of the Virgin Peak area designated within the BLM Virgin Mountain Natural Area.[3]
Natural history
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The range has many species of lizards , as well as the Panamint rattlesnake and glossy snake . Trees found in the range include Single-leaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla ) , Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica ) , White fir (Abies concolor ) , Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii ) , and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma ) , and Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum ) . The range has one endemic species of stick insect , Timema nevadense [4]
See also
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References
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^ Bureau of Land Management: Virgin Mountain Natural Area
^ Strohecker, H. F. 1966. New Timema from Nevada and Arizona. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42: 25-26
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Mountains&oldid=1235466760 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● M o u n t a i n r a n g e s o f N e v a d a ● M o u n t a i n r a n g e s o f A r i z o n a ● M o u n t a i n r a n g e s o f t h e M o j a v e D e s e r t ● M o u n t a i n r a n g e s o f C l a r k C o u n t y , N e v a d a ● M o u n t a i n r a n g e s o f M o h a v e C o u n t y , A r i z o n a ● P r o t e c t e d a r e a s o f t h e M o j a v e D e s e r t ● B u r e a u o f L a n d M a n a g e m e n t a r e a s i n A r i z o n a ● B u r e a u o f L a n d M a n a g e m e n t a r e a s i n N e v a d a H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● P a g e s u s i n g g a d g e t W i k i M i n i A t l a s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● C o o r d i n a t e s o n W i k i d a t a ● A l l a r t i c l e s w i t h u n s o u r c e d s t a t e m e n t s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h u n s o u r c e d s t a t e m e n t s f r o m J u n e 2 0 0 9 ● C o m m o n s c a t e g o r y l i n k i s o n W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h J 9 U i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h L C C N i d e n t i f i e r s
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