Carson Desert
| Carson Desert | |
| desert & watershed | |
 Timothy H. O'Sullivan's portable studio in the Carson Desert in 1867.
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Nevada |
| Region | central Lahontan subregion of the Great Basin |
| Borders on | N: Humboldt Basin E: Central Nevada Desert Basins S: Walker River Basin W: Middle Carson Watershed NW: northern Lahontan subregion |
| Parts | N: Carson Sink[1] |
| Area | 2,150 sq mi (5,568 km2) - watershed area[2] |
| HUC | 16050203 [3] |
The Carson Desert is a desert in the Lahontan Basin and the desert valley of Churchill County, Nevada (U.S.), which receives an average 5 inches (130 mm) annual precipitation.[4] The desert is the low valley area (including the Carson Sink in the north of the valley) between the adjacent mountain ranges,[1] while the larger watershed includes the interior slopes of the demarcating ranges.[3] The desert was inundated by Lake Lahontan during the Pleistocene, and the watershed became part of Nevada's Conservation Security Program in 2005.[5]
This desert was the subject of a question on Eggheads (TV series), in 2012.
References
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