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Spring Mountains

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a mountain range in S Nevada extending to the California border. Highest peak, Charleston Peak. 11,919 feet (3,635 meters).


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Driving west from Las Vegas over the Spring Mountains to Pahrump, the Joshua trees give way to billboards.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018

Even Las Vegas sprawls across a rare desert valley with reliable sources of life-giving fresh water, supplied by artesian aquifers the nearby Spring Mountains.

From Time • Jul. 2, 2015

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area is 316,000 acres of meadows and mountains stretching from 3,000 feet of elevation to 11,918 feet.

From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2015

A moment of serenity during a car camping trip in Spring Mountains National Preserve.

From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2015

The same observer found it common in grassy and weed-grown parks among the large junipers, pinyons, and scattering yellow pines of the Bear Spring Mountains, N. Mex.

From Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Vorhies, Charles Taylor