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{{Short description|Desert in Nevada, U.S.}}
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The '''Carson Desert''' is a [[desert]] in the [[Lahontan Basin]] and the desert valley of [[Churchill County, Nevada]] (U.S.), which receives an average {{convert|5|in|mm}} annual precipitation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Places to Live in Churchill County, Nevada|url=https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=%22Churchill+County%2C+NV%2C+gets%22+%22inches+of+rain+per+year%22 |publisher=Sperling's Best Places (BestPlaces.net) |quote=''County, NV, gets...inches of rain per year''}} [https://www.google.com/#q=%22County,+UT,+gets%22+%22inches+of+rain+per+year%22&hl=en&filter=0&fp=653606b971e45d88 Utah]</ref> The desert is the low valley area (including the [[Carson Sink]] in the north of the valley) between the adjacent mountain ranges,<ref name=Surface>{{Cite book |year=1907 |chapter=Carson Sink Basin |work=The Great Basin |title=Surface Water Supply of the United States |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q70PAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA155 |page=155 |accessdate=2010-11-29 |quote=''[[Carson Sink]] lies in [[Churchill County, Nevada|Churchill County]], Nev., in the northern part of Carson Desert. ... In 1908 Carson Sink was mapped by the topographers of the United States Geological Survey as a permanent water body, {{convert|12|mi|km}} long by 12 miles broad, receiving [[Carson River]] on the south. The drainage line from [[Humboldt Lake]] to the sink was marked as an intermittent river.''}}</ref> while the larger watershed includes the interior slopes of the demarcating ranges.<ref name=EPA>{{Cite web|title=Carson Desert Watershed|url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=16050203 |publisher=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] |work=Surf Your Watershed |accessdate=2010-11-29}} ([http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/county.cfm?fips_code=32001 Churhill County watersheds]</ref> The desert was inundated by [[Lake Lahontan]] during the [[Pleistocene]], and the watershed became part of Nevada's [[Conservation Security Program]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rewarding the Best: Conservation Security Program Helps Nevada Agricultural Producers |url=http://www.lvea.org/Conservation%20Security%20Program.htm |publisher=[[Lahontan Valley]] Environmental Alliance (lvea.org) |accessdate=2010-11-29 |quote=''Nevada’s designated CSP watersheds are the Carson Desert, Pine, Walker, and Warner Lakes.'' |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727044814/http://www.lvea.org/Conservation%20Security%20Program.htm |archivedate=2011-07-27 }}</ref>

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The '''Carson Desert''' is both a watershed in the [[Lahontan Basin]] and the smaller desert valley of the [[Churchill County, Nevada|Churchill County desert region]] which receives {{Convert|5|in|m|abbr=on}} annual precipitation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Places to Live in Churchill County, Nevada |url=http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=%22Churchill+County%2C+NV%2C+gets%22+%22inches+of+rain+per+year%22 |publisher=Sperling's Best Places (BestPlaces.net) |quote=''County, NV, gets...inches of rain per year''}} [http://www.google.com/#q=%22County,+UT,+gets%22+%22inches+of+rain+per+year%22&hl=en&filter=0&fp=653606b971e45d88 Utah]</ref> The desert is the low valley area (including the [[Carson Sink]] in the north of the valley) between the adjacent mountain ranges,<ref name=Surface>{{Cite book |year=1907 |part=Carson Sink Basin |work=The Great Basin |title=Surface Water Supply of the United States |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Q70PAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA155 |page=155 |accessdate=2010-11-29 |quote=''[[Carson Sink]] lies in [[Churchill County]], Nev., in the northern part of [[Carson Desert]]. ... In 1908 Carson Sink was mapped by the topographers of the United States Geological Survey as a permanent water body, 12 miles long by 12 miles broad, receiving [[Carson River]] on the south. The drainage line from [[Humboldt Lake]] to the sink was marked as an intermittent river.''}}</ref> while the larger watershed includes the interior slopes of the demarcating ranges.<ref name=EPA>{{Cite web|title=Carson Desert Watershed |url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=16050203 |publisher=[[EPA]].gov |work=Surf Your Watershed |accessdate=2010-11-29}} ([http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/county.cfm?fips_code=32001 Churhill County watersheds]</ref> The desert was inundated by [[Lake Lahontan]] during the [[Pleistocene]], and the watershed became part of Nevada's [[Conservation Security Program]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rewarding the Best: Conservation Security Program Helps Nevada Agricultural Producers |url=http://www.lvea.org/Conservation%20Security%20Program.htm |publisher=[[Lahontan Valley]] Environmental Alliance (lvea.org) |accessdate=2010-11-29 |quote=''Nevada’s designated CSP watersheds are the Carson Desert, Pine, Walker, and Warner Lakes.''}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 23:35, 20 January 2024

Carson Desert
Timothy H. O'Sullivan's portable studio in the Carson Desert in 1867.
Area2,150 sq mi (5,600 km2) [1]
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
Regioncentral Lahontan subregion of the Great Basin
Borders onN: Humboldt Basin
E: Central Nevada Desert Basins
S: Walker River Basin
W: Middle Carson Watershed
NW: northern Lahontan subregion
Coordinates39°58′48″N 118°50′28″W / 39.980°N 118.841°W / 39.980; -118.841 

The Carson Desert is a desert in the Lahontan Basin and the desert valley of Churchill County, Nevada (U.S.), which receives an average 5 inches (130 mm) annual precipitation.[2] The desert is the low valley area (including the Carson Sink in the north of the valley) between the adjacent mountain ranges,[3] while the larger watershed includes the interior slopes of the demarcating ranges.[4] The desert was inundated by Lake Lahontan during the Pleistocene, and the watershed became part of Nevada's Conservation Security Program in 2005.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-05-29. (EPA List of Huc Codes: Nevada)
  2. ^ "Best Places to Live in Churchill County, Nevada". Sperling's Best Places (BestPlaces.net). County, NV, gets...inches of rain per year Utah
  3. ^ "Carson Sink Basin". Surface Water Supply of the United States. 1907. p. 155. Retrieved 2010-11-29. Carson Sink lies in Churchill County, Nev., in the northern part of Carson Desert. ... In 1908 Carson Sink was mapped by the topographers of the United States Geological Survey as a permanent water body, 12 miles (19 km) long by 12 miles broad, receiving Carson River on the south. The drainage line from Humboldt Lake to the sink was marked as an intermittent river. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Carson Desert Watershed". Surf Your Watershed. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2010-11-29. (Churhill County watersheds
  5. ^ "Rewarding the Best: Conservation Security Program Helps Nevada Agricultural Producers". Lahontan Valley Environmental Alliance (lvea.org). Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-11-29. Nevada's designated CSP watersheds are the Carson Desert, Pine, Walker, and Warner Lakes.


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