Amargosa Valley

:"For the town in Nevada, see" Amargosa Valley, NevadaThe Amargosa Valley is a valley which straddles the border of the states of California and Nevada. It is named for the river which flows through it, the Amargosa River. The name likely derives from the name of a springs or wetland in the area, "agua amargosa", Spanish for "bitter water"cite book|first=Erwin|last=Gudde| coauthors =William Bright |title=California Place Names|year=2004|edition=Fourth ed.|publisher=University of California Press|pages=p. 11|id=ISBN 0-520-24217-3] (akin to "Badwater", the place in Death Valley where the Amargosa River terminates). Although the river follows a "U" pattern, flowing southward, then around the southern spur of the Amargosa Range, and northward into Death Valley, only the portion east of the mountains is referred to as the Amargosa Valley. It is for the most part coincident with the Amargosa Desert.

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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=-QwkuvyKVXAC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=Amargosa+Springs&source=web&ots=TfqeCURp2D&sig=bNNuQgyVrTfCClBiBlIkDXDKzj8&hl=en]
* [http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/808504-x4QoVE/native/808504.pdf]
* [http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/deva/ftsar2.html]