Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge located in the Amargosa Valley of southern Nye County, in southwestern Nevada. It is directly east of Death Valley National Park, and is 90 mi (140 km) west-northwest of Las Vegas.
Ash Meadows habitat, in the Amargosa Desert.
The endangered Amargosa pupfish in Kings Pool
Ash Meadows sunray
Crystal Spring in Ash Meadow
The Amargosa Valley is the valley through which the Amargosa River flows south, in Nye County, southwestern Nevada and Inyo County in the state of California. The south end is alternately called the "Amargosa River Valley'" or the "Tecopa Valley." Its northernmost point is around Beatty, Nevada and southernmost is Tecopa, California, where the Amargosa River enters into the Amargosa Canyon.
Course of the Amargosa River, depicting where it flows through the Amargosa Valley before entering the Amargosa Canyon
Image: Big Dune, Amargosa Valley