🏜️ Carson Desert

United States · Americas · 38.98°N, 116.47°W

The Carson Desert is a desert in the Lahontan Basin and the desert valley of Churchill County, Nevada (U.S.), which receives an average 5 inches (130 mm) annual precipitation. The desert is the low valley area between the adjacent mountain ranges, while the larger watershed includes the interior slopes of the demarcating ranges. The desert was inundated by Lake Lahontan during the Pleistocene, and the watershed became part of Nevada's Conservation Security Program in 2005.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	38.98°N, 116.47°W · view on map

Carson Desert is located in United States, in Americas.

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