Amargosa Range
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The Amargosa Range is a mountain range in eastern California and Nevada that forms the eastern boundary of Death Valley and is known for its rugged desert peaks and colorful badlands.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain range ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Death Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Death Valley National Park
|
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ecosystem |
desert scrub
ⓘ
saltbush communities ⓘ |
| forms | eastern boundary of Death Valley ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryOf | Death Valley ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | extensional tectonic regime ⓘ |
| geology | fault-block mountains ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
alluvial fans
ⓘ
badland erosional forms ⓘ steep canyons ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Amargosa Desert margins
ⓘ
Black Mountains (Death Valley) ⓘ Funeral Mountains ⓘ Grapevine Mountains ⓘ Greenwater Range ⓘ |
| hasViewpoint |
Zabriskie Point
ⓘ
surface form:
Zabriskie Point area
|
| highestPointOf | Grapevine Mountains subrange ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arid desert landscapes
ⓘ
colorful badlands near Zabriskie Point ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ eastern California ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Amargosa River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Amargosa River
|
| near |
Amargosa Desert
ⓘ
Pahrump Valley ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south trending ⓘ |
| overlooks | Death Valley ⓘ |
| partOf |
Basin and Range Province
ⓘ
Inyo County, California ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ Nye County ⓘ
surface form:
Nye County, Nevada
|
| partOfProtectedArea | Death Valley National Park vicinity ⓘ |
| region |
Colorado Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern California deserts
southwestern Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Nevada deserts
|
| separates |
Death Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Death Valley from Amargosa Desert
|
| terrain |
colorful badlands
ⓘ
rugged desert peaks ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.