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Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada , west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains , and is split between the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert . [ 2 ]
Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) [5] is the most populous and only incorporated city in Inyo County, California, United States.It is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley within the Mojave Desert, at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). [4]
The Bishop Paiute Tribe, formerly known as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony [2] is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians of the Owens Valley, in Inyo County of eastern California. [1] As of 2022, the United States census showed the Bishop Paiute Tribe's population at 1,914. [3]
Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is a radio astronomy observatory located near Big Pine, California (US) in Owens Valley.It lies east of the Sierra Nevada, approximately 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of Los Angeles and 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Bishop.
Firefighters on Thursday began to gain control of the Airport fire, which broke out Wednesday near Bishop in the Owens Valley. Evacuation orders lifted as crews begin to control 4,100-acre ...
The Owens River is a river in eastern California in the United States, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long. [4] It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains.
The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation are a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians in California. The Big Pine Reservation is located 18 miles (29 km) from Bishop, at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada. The tribal headquarters is in Big Pine, California. [1]
The Buttermilks, or Buttermilk Country, is a well-known bouldering destination near Bishop, California. It comprises the western edge of the Owens Valley, in the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada. [2] Buttermilk Country is renowned for its large "highball" boulders, made of quartz monzonite. [3]