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Oasis Valley is a valley in the Amargosa Desert near Beatty in Nye County, western Nevada. The valley is near the Amargosa Range, and the Amargosa River flows through Oasis Valley to the Amargosa Valley.
Natural history
Oasis Valley is a portion of the Upper Amargosa Watershed[1] and includes geologic features of the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley caldera complex of the Southwest Nevada volcanic field.[2]
The Amargosa Toad is endemic to the Oasis Valley section of the Amargosa River, with its threatened population being successfully increased by local citizen efforts.[3]
References
- ^ "Upper Amargosa Watershed". Surf Your Watershed. Environmental Protection Agency. http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=18090202. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ http://bulletin.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/7/943
- ^ NPR: "All Hopped Up: Town Unites For Toad Revival" . NPR . accessed 11.10.2010
Categories:- Amargosa Desert
- Valleys of the Mojave Desert
- Valleys of Nevada
- Landforms of Nye County, Nevada
- Nevada geography stubs
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