Inyo County, California
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Inyo County, California is a vast, sparsely populated county in the eastern Sierra Nevada known for containing both Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, and parts of Death Valley, the lowest point in North America.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inyo County | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
ⓘ
county of California ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Clark County
ⓘ
surface form:
Clark County, Nevada
Esmeralda County, Nevada ⓘ Fresno County ⓘ
surface form:
Fresno County, California
Kern County ⓘ
surface form:
Kern County, California
Mono County, California ⓘ Nye County ⓘ
surface form:
Nye County, Nevada
San Bernardino County ⓘ
surface form:
San Bernardino County, California
Tulare County, California ⓘ |
| borders | Nevada ⓘ |
| contains |
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
ⓘ
Badwater Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Badwater Basin (part)
Death Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Death Valley National Park (part)
Inyo Mountains ⓘ Inyo National Forest ⓘ
surface form:
Inyo National Forest (part)
Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Kings Canyon National Park (part)
Manzanar National Historic Site ⓘ Mount Whitney ⓘ Owens River ⓘ Owens Valley ⓘ Panamint Range ⓘ
surface form:
Panamint Range (part)
Saline Valley ⓘ Sequoia National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Sequoia National Park (part)
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Nevada (part)
White Mountains (California) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeat | Independence, California ⓘ |
| governmentType | county government ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
arid climate in many areas
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large area ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ |
| hasExtreme |
contains highest point in contiguous United States
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contains lowest point in North America (within Death Valley) ⓘ |
| hasMajorHighway |
California State Route 190
ⓘ
U.S. Route 395 ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Whitney ⓘ |
| largestCity | Bishop, California ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Basin (part)
Mojave Desert ⓘ
surface form:
Mojave Desert (part)
eastern California ⓘ eastern Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| lowestPoint | Badwater Basin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Inyo Mountains ⓘ |
| partOf |
Inland Empire region of California
ⓘ
surface form:
Inland Empire–Eastern Sierra region (broadly defined)
|
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
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