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Land Statistics
Land Area
(land) 109,826 sq miles
(water) 761 sq miles
(TOTAL) 110,587 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
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Horizontal Width 318 miles
Vertical Length 488 miles
Note: Maximum lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurments from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (5) California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Arizona
Counties (17) map here! County (largest by population) Clark, 1,375,765
Geographic Center approximately 26 miles to the southeast of Austin, in Lander County
 Highest Point Boundary Peak, 13,140 ft.
 Lowest Point is along the Colorado River near its border with California (479 ft.)
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation (average) 5,489 ft.
Relative Location here!
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Nevada is the most mountainous U.S. State, with over 150 (named) individual mountain ranges; major ones include the Battle, Monitor, Ruby, Santa Rosa, Schell Creek, Sierra Nevada, Snake and Toiyabe.
Over 30 of Nevada's mountain peaks exceed 11,000 ft., with the highest point (Boundary Peak), reaching 13,140 ft.
The Great Basin - a series of depressions, flats, dry lakes, marshy salt pans and sinks, all scattered between ribbons of mountain ranges - stretches across much of the state. Low mountain desert areas (formerly prehistoric lakes) are situated northeast of Carson City.
The Mojave Desert spills across the California border into southern Nevada. Conditions here are dry, hot and windy, especially in summer. Cooper-colored mountains cover the desert floor, highlighted by Red Rock Canyon's bluffs, cliffs and petrified sandstone boulders.
Lake Mead, now a major recreation area, was formed by the building of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. Lake Tahoe (shared with California) and the turquoise-colored Pyramid Lake are the largest bodies of water.
The Colorado and Humboldt are the most significant rivers. Numerous smaller rivers flow from the mountains, but are often seasonal in nature, and quickly fade in the hot summer sun.
For a detailed look at the topography of Nevada, view this map.
Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
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