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Indian Springs Pass

Coordinates: 36°34′23″N 115°40′31″W / 36.57306°N 115.67528°W / 36.57306; -115.67528
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Indian Springs Pass
Indian Springs Pass is located in Nevada
Indian Springs Pass
Indian Springs Pass
Indian Springs Pass
in Nevada
Highest point
Coordinates36°34′23″N 115°40′31″W / 36.57306°N 115.67528°W / 36.57306; -115.67528
Geography
LocationIndian Springs, Clark County, Nevada, United States

Indian Springs Pass, is a mountain pass 40-mi (64 km)[1] northwest of Las Vegas in northwest Clark County, Nevada.

The pass is in a region of converging landforms of various watersheds, valleys, and mountain ranges; specifically it lies on the north perimeter of the Ivanpah-Pahrump Watershed-(Pahrump Valley). The endorheic Indian Springs Valley[2] watershed lies due north, and the endorheic Three Lakes Valley is adjacent east.

Description of water divide regions

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The following landforms converge at the Indian Springs Pass region:

1–(north)-Pahrump Valley-Spring Mountains, extends due south, (Pahrump Valley, of west watershed)
2Spring Mountains-SE
3Indian Springs Valley & Watershed, (endorheic)-N
4south playas, south Three Lakes Valley (Nevada)-E & SE

The south playas of Three Lakes Valley, are on the northwest, up-basin perimeter of the Las Vegas Valley.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c.2010, pp. 65, 70.
  2. ^ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 65, 70.