Nevada.

NEVADA

Nevada is located in USA, its borders with California to the west, Oregon and Idaho to the North and with Utah and Arizona to the East.

The capital of Nevada is Carson City, The name Nevada is derived from the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains, which means "snow-capped mountain range" in Spanish.

The Governor is Brian Sandoval; Nevada has 10 largest cities: Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, Paradise, North Las Vegas, Sunrise Manor Spring Valley, Enterprise, Sparks, and Carson City.

Economy:

Agriculture: Cattle, hay, dairy products, potatoes.

Industry: Tourism, mining, machinery, printing and publishing, food processing, electric equipment.

Largest City - Las Vegas

Area - 110,567 square miles [Nevada is the 7th biggest state in the USA]

Major Industries - tourism, mining (gold, silver), hydro-electric power

Major Rivers - Colorado River, Humboldt River, Truckee River

State Flag

Nevada's official flag was adopted on March 26, 1929, but was revised on June 8, 1991. The flag has a deep blue background. It pictures a yellow, flowing ribbon that reads "BATTLE BORN." A five-pointed silver star and the words NEVADA are under the ribbon. These are surrounded by green sagebrush with yellow flowers.

Sagebrush is Nevada's state flower. The silver star represents the rich mineral wealth of Nevada, especially the famous Comstock lode (discovered in 1859), which is one of the largest silver and gold mines ever found. The words "Battle Born" on Nevada's flag allude to fact that Nevada bacame a state during the Civil War.

Geography

A topographic map of Nevada

Nevada is almost entirely within the Basin and Range Province, and is broken up by many north-south mountain ranges. Most of these ranges have endorheic valleys between them, which belies the image portrayed by the term Great Basin.

Much of the northern part of the state is within the Great Basin, a mild desert that experiences hot temperatures in the summer and cold temperatures in the winter. Occasionally, moisture from the Arizona Monsoon will cause summer thunderstorms; Pacific storms may blanket the area with snow. The state's highest recorded temperature was 125 °F (52 °C) in Laughlin (elevation of 605 feet / 184 metres) on June 29, 1994.[19] The coldest recorded temperature was −52 °F (−47 °C) set in San Jacinto in 1972, in the northeastern portion of the state.[19]

The Humboldt River crosses from east to west across the northern part of the state, draining into the Humboldt Sink near Lovelock. Several rivers drain from the Sierra Nevada eastward, including the Walker, Truckee and Carson rivers.

Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert

The mountain ranges, some of which have peaks above 13,000 feet (4,000 m), harbor lush forests

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