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Deep Springs Valley, the Glossary

Deep Springs Valley is a high desert valley in the Inyo-White Mountains of Inyo County, California.^[1]

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Inyo Mountains
Saline lakes of the United States
Salt flats of California
Valleys of the Mojave Desert
White Mountains (California)

Black toad

The black toad (Anaxyrus exsul), also known as the Inyo toad or Deep Springs toad, is a true toad that lives only in scattered oases in the Deep Springs Valley of Inyo County, California.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California State Route 168

State Route 168 (SR 168) is an east-west state highway in the U.S. state of California that is separated into two distinct segments by the Sierra Nevada.

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California State University

The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California, and the largest public university system in the United States.

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Cambrian

The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Deep Springs College

Deep Springs College (known simply as Deep Springs or DS) is a private junior college in Deep Springs, California.

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Dolomite is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite (see Dolomite (rock)).

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Eureka Valley (Inyo County)

Eureka Valley is located in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. Deep Springs Valley and Eureka Valley (Inyo County) are valleys of California and valleys of the Mojave Desert.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Fault scarp

A fault scarp is a small step-like offset of the ground surface in which one side of a fault has shifted vertically in relation to the other.

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Fish Lake Valley

The Fish Lake Valley is a long endorheic valley in southwest Nevada, one of many contiguous inward-draining basins collectively called the Great Basin. Deep Springs Valley and Fish Lake Valley are valleys of California, valleys of the Mojave Desert and White Mountains (California).

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Fold (geology)

In structural geology, a fold is a stack of originally planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, that are bent or curved ("folded") during permanent deformation.

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Geological Society of America

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

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Geology

Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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Inyo County, California

Inyo County is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada.

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Inyo Mountains

The Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California in the United States.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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Oenothera californica

Oenothera californica, known by the common name California evening primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family.

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Outcrop

An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth and other terrestrial planets.

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Owens Valley

Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. Deep Springs Valley and Owens Valley are valleys of California.

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Piper Mountain Wilderness

The Piper Mountain Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the White Mountains northeast of Big Pine, California in Inyo County, California. Deep Springs Valley and Piper Mountain Wilderness are Inyo Mountains.

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Salt lake

A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre).

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Sierra Nevada

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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Soldier Pass

Soldier Pass, is a gap at an elevation of 5,479 feet, (1670m) in Inyo County, California.

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Swallenia

Swallenia is a rare genus of plants in the grass family, found only in Death Valley National Park, California.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University of California

The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California.

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Westgard Pass

Westgard Pass is a mountain pass on State Route 168 in Inyo County, California in the U.S. state of California. Deep Springs Valley and Westgard Pass are Inyo Mountains and White Mountains (California).

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White Mountain City, California

White Mountain City (WMC) is a ghost town at the mouth of Wyman Canyon in Deep Springs Valley in Inyo County, California. The site is on a dirt road east of CA-168 near the Nevada border. Deep Springs Valley and White Mountain City, California are White Mountains (California).

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White Mountain Peak

White Mountain Peak (or simply White Mountain), at, is the highest peak in the White Mountains of California, the highest peak in Mono County, and the third highest peak in the state after Mount Whitney and Mount Williamson. Deep Springs Valley and White Mountain Peak are White Mountains (California).

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White Mountains (California)

The White Mountains of California and Nevada are a triangular fault-block mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Springs_Valley

Also known as Deep Springs Lake.

Deep Springs Valley, the Glossary

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See also

Inyo Mountains

Saline lakes of the United States

Salt flats of California

Valleys of the Mojave Desert

White Mountains (California)

References