Amargosa is the Spanish name of the plant ''
Centaurium erythraea
''Centaurium erythraea'' is a species of flowering plant in the Gentianaceae, gentian family known by the names common centaury and European centaury. It is also commonly known as “feverfoullie”, “gentian” or “centaury”.
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Western United States
Animals
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Amargosa toad
The Amargosa toad (''Anaxyrus nelsoni'') is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It was at one time considered to be a subspecies of the western toad. It is threatened by habitat loss and is classified by the IUCN as being critically endang ...
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Amargosa vole
The Amargosa vole (''Microtus californicus scirpensis'') is one of 17 subspecies of the California vole (''M. californicus''). The most closely related subspecies is ''M. californicus vallicola''.Neuwald, J. L. 2010. Population isolation exacerba ...
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Amargosa Pupfish Station
The Devils Hole pupfish (''Cyprinodon diabolis'') is a critically endangered species of the family Cyprinodontidae (pupfishes) found only in Devils Hole, a water-filled cavern in the US state of Nevada. It was first described as a species in 1 ...
, Nevada
Natural geography
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Amargosa Desert
The Amargosa Desert is located in Nye County in western Nevada, United States, along the California–Nevada border, comprising the northeastern portion of the geographic Amargosa Valley, north of the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
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Amargosa Range
The Amargosa Range is a mountain range in Inyo County, California, San Bernardino County, California and Nye County, Nevada. The range runs along most of the eastern side of California's Death Valley, separating it from Nevada's Amargosa Desert ...
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Amargosa River
The Amargosa River is an waterway, 185 miles (298 km) long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. The Amargosa River is one out of two rivers located in the California portion of the Mojave Desert with perennial f ...
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Amargosa Valley
The Amargosa Valley is the valley through which the Amargosa River flows south, in Nye County, southwestern Nevada and Inyo County in the state of California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies ...
Populated places and buildings
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Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Amargosa Valley (formerly Lathrop Wells) is an unincorporated town located on U.S. Route 95 in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Description
The community is named after the Amargosa River which flows through the valley from its orig ...
, a community within the Amargosa Desert/Valley
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Death Valley Junction, California
Death Valley Junction, more commonly known as Amargosa (Spanish for "Bitter"), is a tiny Mojave Desert unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, at the intersection of SR 190 and SR 127, in the Amargosa Valley and just east of Deat ...
, formerly named Amargosa
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Amargosa Opera House and Hotel
Amargosa Opera House and Hotel is a historic building and cultural center located in Death Valley Junction, in eastern Inyo County, California near Death Valley National Park.
Resident artist Marta Becket staged dance and mime shows there fro ...
in Death Valley Junction, California
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Amargosa, Texas
Amargosa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas, United States. Its population was 291 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010, the community was grouped with nearby Owl Ranch as part of the Owl Ranch- ...
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census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in Texas
Brazil
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Amargosa, Brazil
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Amargosa
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amargosa () is a diocese located in the city of Amargosa, Brazil, Amargosa in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.
History
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, in Brazil
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