Spring Mountains
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The Spring Mountains are a mountain range of Southern Nevada in the United States, running generally northwest–southeast along the west side of Las Vegas and south to the border with California. Most
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
View of Mount Charleston (village) in Kyle Canyon
Mount Charleston in the Spring Mountains, Nevada
The cool, forested slopes of upper Kyle Canyon
Sky island
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Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments. The term originally referred to those found on the Mexican Plateau and has extended to similarly isolated hig
Spring Mountains
…range include Bonanza Peak, McFarland Peak, Mummy Mountain, Griffith Peak, Bridge Mountain, Mount Wilson and Mount Potosi. The Spring Mountains are a sky island ecosystem. With an area around 860 square miles (2,200 km2), and a vertical range of nearly 2 miles (3.2 km), the mountains encompass a wide variety…
View of the Santa Rita Mountains across the Tucson valley from the Santa Catalina Mountains. The Santa Ritas are among the most prominent of the "sky islands" in southern Arizona.
The 2,700 m (9,000 ft) Chiricahua Mountains above the desert
The 2,400 m (8,000 ft) Portal Peak in the Chiricahua Mountains surrounded by clouds
View from the Sandia Mountains at 10,378 feet (3,163 m) showing the transition to the desert at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) below