Desert Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Nevada, U.S.}}

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| name = Desert Range

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| country = United States

| state = Nevada

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| district_type = County

| district = Clark County

| topo_map = Dead Horse Ridge

| topo_maker = USGS

| border =N: East Desert Range
Three Lakes Valley-W & NW
Pintwater Range-NW
Sheep Range-(so. terminus)-E
Las Vegas Valley-S & SW
Spring Mountains-S

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| settlement = Indian Springs, NV

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| map = USA Nevada

| map_size = 220

| map_caption = Desert Range in Nevada

| range_coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|50|25.868|N|115|20|18.055|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}}}

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The Desert Range is a mountain range in Clark County, Nevada.{{cite gnis|id=845146|name=Desert Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

Desert Range was descriptively named on account of its desert landscape.{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=15}}

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