Spring Valley is a long north south trending basin, largely in

White Pine County, Nevada White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain County (United States), county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,080. Its county seat is Ely, ...

and a small portion in the extreme south in

Lincoln County, Nevada Lincoln County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 4,499, making it the fourth-least populous county in Nevada. Its county seat is Pioche, Nevada ...

. It extends from in White Pine County to the north to in the south in Lincoln County. The bottom of the basin is at Yelland Dry Lake at an elevation of . '' Bahsahwahbee'', a grove of

Rocky Mountain juniper ''Juniperus scopulorum'', the Rocky Mountain juniper, is a species of juniper native to western North America, from southwest Canada to the Great Plains of the United States and small areas of northern Mexico. They are the most widespread of all ...

trees, locally called swamp cedars, where multiple massacres of

Western Shoshone Western Shoshone comprise several Shoshone tribes that are indigenous to the Great Basin and have lands identified in the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863. They resided in Idaho, Nevada, California, and Utah. The tribes are very closely related cult ...

people occurred in the 19th century, lies in Spring Valley. The Spring Valley Wind Farm is to its south.

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Valleys of Nevada Valleys of Lincoln County, Nevada Valleys of White Pine County, Nevada Valleys of the Great Basin {{WhitePineCountyNV-geo-stub