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Old 09-14-2013, 02:41 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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This picture is from the Great Basin Natl. Park with Wheeler Peak and its small cloud in the back. Very much enjoyed that hike but man, the weather turned really fast on us. Clouds came around on top in less than ten minutes followed by storms!
At over 13,000 feet anything can happen. The trailhead starts at 10,000 ft.
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Old 09-14-2013, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Tucson/Nogales
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Since I moved here in 1996, I've made 2 car trips north throughout central/northern Nevada and green oases are hard to come by. Elko/Ruby Mountain area is nice refreshing greener area to come by.

Long ago, the Great American Desert included the Plains States as well, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and west Texas, until they discovered the Ogallala Aquifer and irrigation. And when the last drop of water is sucked out of that aquifer, Desert it shall be!

The hard definition of desert is any area that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation a year.

Tucson, AZ get 11+ inches a year, so that knocks Tucson out of the desert category?

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Old 09-15-2013, 09:09 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Since I moved here in 1996, I've made 2 car trips north throughout central/northern Nevada and green oases are hard to come by. Elko/Ruby Mountain area is nice refreshing greener area to come by.

Long ago, the Great American Desert included the Plains States as well, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and west Texas, until they discovered the Ogallala Aquifer and irrigation. And when the last drop of water is sucked out of that aquifer, Desert it shall be!

The hard definition of desert is any area that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation a year.

Tucson, AZ get 11+ inches a year, so that knocks Tucson out of the desert category?
I think that definition of desert is a little too pat. See this page: What Is a Desert?

Note that: Approximately one-third of the Earth's land surface is desert...

and: There are almost as many definitions of deserts and classification systems as there are deserts ...
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Old 01-09-2023, 08:21 PM
 
Location: City of North Las Vegas, NV
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More on this still rather unknown high and cold desert which is Americas' largest desert:

https://www.thetravel.com/why-the-hi...-worth-seeing/
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Old 01-15-2023, 02:10 PM
 
Location: BFE
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Thanks for the link, and I did know Wheeler peak is the highest all within Nevada.
Wrong. Boundry Peak, on the western edge. Higher by about 100 feet.
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Old 01-29-2023, 12:04 AM
 
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And the Sonoran is the wettest.. In the world.
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