Owens Peak Wilderness
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The Owens Peak Wilderness is a 73,767-acre wilderness area comprising the rugged eastern face of the Sierra Nevada. Owens Peak is the high point. The land was set aside with the passage of the Califor
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Owens Peak Wilderness wildflowers, 2017
Great Basin
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The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets to the ocean, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, I
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…deep, winding, open and expansive canyons, many of which contain springs with extensive riparian vegetation. This area is a transition zone between the Great Basin, Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada ecoregions. Vegetation varies considerably with a creosote desert scrub community on the bajadas, scattered yuccas…
Great Basin snowstorm in the Snake Valley of Utah and Nevada
Wah Wah Valley, Utah, thunderstorm