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Valley of Fire State Park, the Glossary

Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly located south of Overton, Nevada.^[1]

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1935 establishments in Nevada
Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada
Geologic formations with imbedded sand dunes
National Natural Landmarks in Nevada
Nevada historical markers
Petroglyphs in Nevada
Rock formations of Nevada
Sandstone in the United States
State parks of Nevada

Ancestral Puebloans

The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, filmmaker, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder known for his roles in high-profile action films.

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Aztec Sandstone

The Aztec Sandstone is an Early Jurassic geological formation of primarily eolian sand from which fossil pterosaur tracks have been recovered. Valley of Fire State Park and Aztec Sandstone are geologic formations with imbedded sand dunes.

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Burt Lancaster

Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and film producer.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28.

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Clark County, Nevada

Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Claudia Cardinale

Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (born 15 April 1938), known as Claudia Cardinale, is a Tunisian-born Italian actress.

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Conglomerate (geology)

Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.

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Dune

A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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Foraging

Foraging is searching for wild food resources.

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Hunting

Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals.

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James T. Kirk

James Tiberius Kirk, commonly known as Captain Kirk, is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise.

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Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in Southeastern Nevada and Northwestern Arizona. Valley of Fire State Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area are protected areas of the Mojave Desert.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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List of Nevada historical markers

Nevada historical markers identify significant places of interest in Nevada's history.

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List of Nevada Scenic Byways

The U.S. state of Nevada maintains a system of scenic byways throughout the state.

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List of Nevada state parks

This list of Nevada state parks comprises protected areas managed by the U.S. state of Nevada, which include state parks, state historic sites, and state recreation areas. Valley of Fire State Park and list of Nevada state parks are state parks of Nevada.

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Little Finland

Little Finland (also known as Hobgoblin’s Playground and Devil’s Fire) is a scenic red rock area, located in a remote section of Clark County, Nevada, south of Mesquite, known for its red rock scenery and strangely-shaped, delicate rock formations. Valley of Fire State Park and Little Finland are rock formations of Nevada.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Moapa Band of Paiute Indians

The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation are a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute, who live in southern Nevada on the Moapa River Indian Reservation.

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Moapa Valley, Nevada

Moapa Valley is an unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, United States.

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert (Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.

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National Natural Landmark

The National Natural Landmarks (NNL) Program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Nevada

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

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Nevada Legislature

The Nevada Legislature is a bicameral body, consisting of the lower house, the Assembly, with 42 members, and the upper house, the Senate, with 21.

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Overton, Nevada

Overton is a community that is part of the unincorporated town of Moapa Valley in Clark County, Nevada.

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Petroglyph

A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.

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Prehistory

Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.

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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, United States, is an area managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of its National Landscape Conservation System, and protected as a National Conservation Area. Valley of Fire State Park and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area are geologic formations with imbedded sand dunes and protected areas of the Mojave Desert.

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Rock art

In archaeology, rock arts are human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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References

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

Also known as Valley of Fire, Valley of Fire, Nevada.

Valley of Fire State Park, the Glossary

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See also

1935 establishments in Nevada

Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada

Geologic formations with imbedded sand dunes

National Natural Landmarks in Nevada

Nevada historical markers

Petroglyphs in Nevada

Rock formations of Nevada

Sandstone in the United States

State parks of Nevada

References