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Black Rock Desert | Nevada, Map, Facts | Britannica Black Rock Desert, arid region of lava beds and alkali flats composing part of the Basin and Range Province and lying in Humboldt and Pershing counties of northwestern Nevada, U S With an area of about 1,000 square miles (2,600 square km), the desert is 70 miles (110 km) long and up to 20 miles
Nevada | History, Capital, Cities, Population, Facts | Britannica Nevada, constituent state of the United States of America It borders Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and California to the west It ranks seventh among the 50 U S states in terms of total area It also, however, is one of the most sparsely settled Carson City, in the western part of the state, is the capital Nevada became the 36th state of the
Sierra Nevada | U. S. Mountain Range, Physical Features History . . . Sierra Nevada, major mountain range of western North America, running along the eastern edge of the U S state of California Its great mass lies between the large Central Valley depression to the west and the Basin and Range Province to the east Extending more than 250 miles (400 kilometres) northward from the Mojave Desert to the Cascade Range of northern California and Oregon, the Sierra
Roswell incident | Overview, Theories, Hoaxes, Facts | Britannica Roswell incident, events surrounding the crash and recovery of a U S Army Air Forces high-altitude balloon in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico, which became the centre of a conspiracy theory involving UFOs and extraterrestrials The U S military fostered the intrigue by initially claiming that the recovered debris was from a “flying disc” before announcing that the wreckage belonged to a
History, Layout, Population, Map, Economy, Facts - Britannica Las Vegas, city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, known for its casinos and elaborate hotels The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, it grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad service center to the country’s fastest-growing metropolis at century’s end
Igneous rock | Characteristics, Examples, Formation, Types | Britannica Igneous rock, any of various crystalline or glassy rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of magma, which is a hot (600 to 1,300 °C, or 1,100 to 2,400 °F) molten or partially molten rock Igneous rocks constitute one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary
D. B. Cooper | Hijacking, Investigation, Parachute, Money Serial Numbers . . . D B Cooper (Dan Cooper), criminal who in 1971 hijacked a plane traveling from Portland to Seattle and later parachuted out of the aircraft with the ransom money An extensive manhunt ensued, but he was never identified or caught, resulting in one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in U S history
List of U. S. Cities | Britannica The United States contains a highly diverse population Unlike a country such as China that largely incorporated Indigenous peoples, the United States has a diversity that to a great degree has come from immense and sustained global immigration Probably no other country has a wider range of racial, ethnic, and cultural types than does the United States
Rock, Massachusetts, Colony, Map, History, Facts - Britannica Plymouth, town (township), Plymouth county, southeastern Massachusetts, U S It lies on Plymouth Bay, 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Boston It was the site of the first permanent settlement by Europeans in New England, Plymouth colony, known formally as the colony of New Plymouth The town was founded by Pilgrims (Separatists from the Church of England) who, in their search for religious