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Tule Desert (Nevada)

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The desert descends from an elevation of around 4,300 feet (1,300 m) on the foothills of the Clover Mountains west of Lime Mountain to around 3,000 feet (910 m) about 17 miles (27 km) to the south-southeast at the narrow Toquop Gap between the
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A number of washes drain the desert in a generally north–south direction. The Tule Desert Well lies west of Jumbled Mountain at the south end of the Tule Springs Hills.
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Access is via a county road east from Lyman Crossing along the
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Tule Desert (Arizona)
Nevada
Lincoln County
Utah
Mormon Mountains
Clover Mountains
Tule Springs Hills
East Mormon Mountains
Union Pacific
Carp
Elgin
Meadow Valley Wash
Interstate 15 in Nevada
Mesquite
Clark County
"Tule Desert"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior




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