Seven Troughs Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Nevada}}

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| name = Seven Troughs Range

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| country = United States

| state = Nevada

| region =

| district = Pershing County

| topo_map = Seven Troughs, Juniper Flat
and Rocky Canyon 7.5 min. quads

| topo_maker = USGS

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| highest = Seven Trough Peak

| elevation_m = 2376

| coordinates = {{coord|40|31|5|N|118|49|19|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| length_mi = 19| length_orientation = NNE-SSW

| width_mi = 5| width_orientation = E-W

| area_mi2 = 140

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| map =Nevada

| map_caption = location of Seven Troughs Range in Nevada{{cite gnis|id=848644|name=Seven Troughs Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

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The Seven Troughs Range is a mountain range in western Pershing County, Nevada.

The name is derived from a series of seven stock watering troughs placed below a set springs.{{cite book

|last = Carlson

|first = Helen S.

|year = 1974

|title = Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary

|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&dq=seven+troughs&pg=PA213

|page = 213

|publisher = University of Nevada Press

|isbn= 9780874170948

|accessdate = 2 Mar 2014 }}{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt2.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=66}}

Neighboring features include:Lovelock, Nevada, 30x60 minute quadrangle, USGS, 1984Eugene Mts., Nevada, 30x60 minute quadrangle, USGS, 1985

• the Kamma and Antelope ranges to the north
• the Majuba Mountains to the northeast
• Sage Valley and Trinity Range to the southeast with Lovelock beyond
• Granite Springs Valley to the south
• the Sahwave Mountains and small Blue Wing Mountains to the southwest
• Kumiva Valley and the Selenite Range to the west
• Black Rock Desert to the northwest