User:Mmcannis/sandbox/McCullough Range south Triple Point (water divide)
{{Geobox|triple point}} The New York Mountains north divide is a mountain pass 35-mi (56 km)[1] due south of Las Vegas in southern Clark County, Nevada. Crescent (site) was once located at the pass.
The mountain pass lies at the south of the McCullough Range.
The New York Mountains north divide, is a mountain pass, 35-mi (56 km)[2] due south of Las Vegas in southern Clark County, Nevada. Crescent (site) was once located at the pass.
The mountain pass and Triple Point also lie at the south of the McCullough Range. An equivalent name for the pass would be McCullough Range Triple Point.
Description of region[edit]
Three watersheds converge at the mountain pass. Northeast is the endorheic Eldorado Valley, bordered on the east by the Eldorado Mountains adjacent the Colorado River.
To the southeast is Searchlight, Nevada and part of the north watershed of south-flowing Piute Wash. The north-south Piute Range separates the west region watershed of Piute Wash, Sacramento Wash (California-Nevada), which is much discontinuous, into multi-striated streambeds. Lanfair Valley is in the north of Sacramento Wash and adjacent the New York Mountains to the east.
To the northeast, and west of the McCullough Range lies Ivanpah Valley; the north or Ivanpah Valley has a water divide separating it from Roach Dry Lake and Ivanpah Lake, the endorheic south region of Ivanpah Valley. The north of Ivanpah Valley is in the southwest Las Vegas Wash watershed.
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References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Piute Wash Watershed, EPA, (shows west portion: Sacramento Wash (California-Nevada))
- Las Vegas Wash Watershed, EPA
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