The Arrow Canyon Range is a small, narrow
Basin and Range
Basin and range topography is characterized by alternating parallel mountain ranges and valleys. It is a result of crustal extension due to mantle upwelling, gravitational collapse, crustal thickening, or relaxation of confining stresses. The e ...
faulted mountain range that runs south to north in
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Nevada
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,
United States
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. Its length is approximately 25 miles at a latitude 36˚35' - 36˚47', and its width is roughly 7 miles at a longitude of 114˚54' - 114˚47'. The base elevation is 3,000 ft, and it rises to 4,953 ft at its peak. It runs parallel to
U.S. Route 93
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, where the western front is easily viewed along the entire length, only about 3.5 mi distant. Like many mountain ranges in southern Nevada, it has the distinctive bare gray
limestone
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formations common in the region. The dark band towards the upper third is tilted and broken, showing the intense
geologic
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activity from the past.
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Mountain ranges of Clark County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of Nevada
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