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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

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