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A List of landforms of the Nellis & Wildlife 5 Ranges region. The following ranges are: * Desert National Wildlife Range * National Wildhorse Management Area *
Air Force Test Flight Center The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing ...
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Area 51 Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport ...
Groom Lake, Nevada Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport ...
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Nellis Air Force Range The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is one of two military training areas at the Nellis Air Force Base Complex in Nevada and used by the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base. The NTTR land area includes a "simu ...
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Nevada Test Site The Nevada National Security Site (N2S2 or NNSS), known as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the ...
The five contiguous regions are located north and northwest of
Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vega ...
. The Las Vegas Range of the Desert National Wildlife Range borders the north perimeter of
North Las Vegas North Las Vegas is a suburban city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, in the Las Vegas Valley. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 216,961, with an estimated population of 251,974 in 2019. The city was incorporated on May 1, 19 ...
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List of landforms


Desert National Wildlife Range

Mountain Ranges *Buried Hills * Desert Range * East Desert Range * Las Vegas Range * Ranger Mountains * Sheep Range *
Spotted Range The Spotted Range is a mountain range in Clark County, Nevada. Spotted Range was so named on account of its spotted rocks. References Mountain ranges of Clark County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Nevada {{ClarkCountyNV-geo-stub ...
* Pintwater Range Other landforms *
Corn Creek Dunes Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maĆ­z after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
*Corn Creek Springs * Desert Lake (Nevada) *Dog Bone Lake * Indian Springs Valley * Three Lakes Valley (Nevada) Associated: *
Indian Springs, Nevada Indian Springs is an unincorporated town and a census-designated place located on U.S. Route 95 next to Creech Air Force Base in northwestern Clark County and southern Nevada. The population was 991 at the 2010 census. History The community wa ...
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Mercury, Nevada Mercury is a closed village in Nye County, Nevada, United States, north of U.S. Route 95 at a point northwest of Las Vegas. It is situated within the Nevada National Security Site and was constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission to hou ...
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U.S. Route 93 in Nevada In the U.S. state of Nevada, U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major United States Numbered Highway traversing the eastern edge of the state. The highway connects the Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas area to the Great Basin National Park, and provides f ...


Groom Lake, Nevada

* Emigrant Valley *Groom Lake Associated: *Papoose Lake


National Wildhorse Management Area

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Belted Range The Belted Range is a mountain range in Nye County, Nevada. The range is approximately 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas and midway between the Basin and Range National Monument to the northeast and the Death Valley Wilderness Death is the i ...
*Gold Reed (site) * Kawich Valley *
Kawich Range The Kawich Range is a mountain range in Nye County in southern Nevada in the United States, just south of the Hot Creek Range. The southern part of the range lies on the Nellis Air Force Range. The mountains cover an area of about and contain Kaw ...
Associated: *Cedar Pipeline Ranch *Railroad Valley *
U.S. Route 93 in Nevada In the U.S. state of Nevada, U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major United States Numbered Highway traversing the eastern edge of the state. The highway connects the Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas area to the Great Basin National Park, and provides f ...


Nellis Air Force Range

The Nellis Air Force Range contains all of the Desert National Wildlife Range, except in the entire east, the Sheep and Las Vegas Ranges, and Desert Lake. Mountain ranges *
Belted Range The Belted Range is a mountain range in Nye County, Nevada. The range is approximately 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas and midway between the Basin and Range National Monument to the northeast and the Death Valley Wilderness Death is the i ...
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Cactus Range The Cactus Range is a small mountain range in Nye County, Nevada. The range lies southwest of Cactus Flat and north of Pahute Mesa. Goldfield lies to the west in Esmeralda County. The range lies within the restricted area of the Tonopah Test Ran ...
* Groom Range Landforms *
Amargosa River The Amargosa River is an intermittent waterway, 185 miles (298 km) long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. It drains a high desert region, the Amargosa Valley in the Amargosa Desert northwest of Las Vegas, i ...
-(headwaters) *Antelope Lake, west Nye County *
Cactus Flat Cactus Flat is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins in the Cactus-Sacrobatus Watershed, for which it is an eponym. The flat is the location of the Tonopah Test Range Airport and Tonopah Test Range, a component of the Nevada Test and Training ...
* Emigrant Valley * Gold Flat *Mellan (site) *Mud Lake, in Nye County * Pahute Mesa *Stonewall Mountain, western Nye County Associated: *Chispa Hills * Goldfield, Nevada *Ralston (site) *
Scotty's Junction, Nevada Scotty's Junction is an unincorporated community in the Sarcobatus Flat of Nye County, Nevada where State Route 267 meets with U.S. Route 95 at an elevation of . It was named after Walter E. Scott (a.k.a. Death Valley Scotty, of nearby Scotty' ...
*Stonewall Pass *
U.S. Route 93 in Nevada In the U.S. state of Nevada, U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major United States Numbered Highway traversing the eastern edge of the state. The highway connects the Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas area to the Great Basin National Park, and provides f ...
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U.S. Route 95 in Nevada U.S. Route 95 (US 95) is a major U.S. highway traversing the U.S. state of Nevada from north to south directly through Las Vegas and providing connections to both Carson City (via US 50) and Reno (via Interstate 80). US 95 is cosigned with ...


Nevada Test Site

Mountain ranges *
Eleana Range The Eleana Range is a mountain range in Nye County, Nevada. References Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Nye County, Nevada Mountain ranges of the Great Basin {{NyeCountyNV-geo-stub ...
*Skull Mountain Landforms * Amargosa Desert **
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 origi ...
* Frenchman Lake *South Silent Canyon Associated: *
Mercury, Nevada Mercury is a closed village in Nye County, Nevada, United States, north of U.S. Route 95 at a point northwest of Las Vegas. It is situated within the Nevada National Security Site and was constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission to hou ...
* Specter Range


Mountain ranges inside the 5 regions

*Buried Hills *
Belted Range The Belted Range is a mountain range in Nye County, Nevada. The range is approximately 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas and midway between the Basin and Range National Monument to the northeast and the Death Valley Wilderness Death is the i ...
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Cactus Range The Cactus Range is a small mountain range in Nye County, Nevada. The range lies southwest of Cactus Flat and north of Pahute Mesa. Goldfield lies to the west in Esmeralda County. The range lies within the restricted area of the Tonopah Test Ran ...
* Desert Range * East Desert Range *
Eleana Range The Eleana Range is a mountain range in Nye County, Nevada. References Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Nye County, Nevada Mountain ranges of the Great Basin {{NyeCountyNV-geo-stub ...
* Groom Range *
Kawich Range The Kawich Range is a mountain range in Nye County in southern Nevada in the United States, just south of the Hot Creek Range. The southern part of the range lies on the Nellis Air Force Range. The mountains cover an area of about and contain Kaw ...
* Las Vegas Range * Ranger Mountains * Sheep Range *
Spotted Range The Spotted Range is a mountain range in Clark County, Nevada. Spotted Range was so named on account of its spotted rocks. References Mountain ranges of Clark County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Nevada {{ClarkCountyNV-geo-stub ...
* Pintwater Range


See also

* Amargosa Desert * Amargosa Valley * Nellis - Wildlife five contiguous range region * Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex {{DEFAULTSORT:List of landforms of the Nellis and Wildlife 5 Ranges region Landforms of the Nellis
Nellis Nellis may refer to: People * Alice Nellis (born 1971), Czech filmmaker * Duane Nellis (born 1954), American educator and Ohio University president * William Harrell Nellis (1916-1944), World War II fighter pilot, after whom the Air Force base is n ...
Geography of Clark County, Nevada Geography of Lincoln County, Nevada Geography of Nye County, Nevada