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The Nevada Test and Training Range land area is mostly Central Basin and Range ecoregion (cf. southernmost portion in the Mojave Desert), [4]: 3–1 and smaller ecoregions (e.g., Tonopah Basin, Tonopah Playa, & Bald Mountain biomes) are within the area of numerous basin and range landforms of the NTTR.
The Trinity test site with the Oscura Mountains at top left and the Little Burro Mountains at top right. The Oscura Mountains are located within the White Sands Missile Range and public access is restricted. The Trinity site, the location of the first test of an atomic bomb in 1945, is 11 km (6.8 miles) northwest of Oscura Peak. [5]
Test subjects are math, reading, language, and science. By testing students two or three times over the school year, MAP assessments attempt to track student growth over time in order to help educators plan curriculum that matches a student's ability, and provides a method of visualizing the student's educational progression.
The Sierra Nevada (/ s i ˌ ɛr ə n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə,-ˈ v ɑː d-/ see-ERR-ə nih-VA(H)D-ə) [6] [a] is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.
The Great Western Divide is a Sierra Nevada mountain range located largely in Sequoia National Park. Some of the summits of the Great Western Divide reach well over 13,000 feet (3,962 m). The High Sierra Trail crosses the range at Kaweah Gap from Sequoia National Park. The divide separates the watersheds of the Kaweah, Kern and Kings rivers.
Use the + and - buttons to zoom in on the live-updating map and see satellite-detected hot spots associated with the Fork Fire. Click the legend button at upper right for more details. Fork Fire map
English: Map of the Sierra Highway. This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape. Date: 15 August 2009: Source: Own work: Author: JohnnyAlbert10 ...
Ladron Peak is the only major peak in the compact range (really one large massif) known as the Sierra Ladrones, which lies between the Rio Puerco to the east and the Rio Salado to the southwest. Despite its conical shape and its proximity to lava flows and small volcanoes, it is not itself a volcano , but an igneous intrusion .