Delamar Mountains
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The Delamar Mountains is a mountain range in Lincoln County
, Nevada
, named after Captain Joseph Raphael De Lamar
. The range's crest forms part of the Great Basin Divide
between the Meadow Watershed
and the Dry Lake Watershed, which includes Delamar Dry Lake
and Delamar, Nevada
.
Lincoln County, Nevada
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,165. Its county seat is Pioche.-History:...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, named after Captain Joseph Raphael De Lamar
Joseph Raphael De Lamar
Joseph Raphael De Lamar was born in Amsterdam, Holland, September 2, 1843. His father, a banker in Amsterdam, died when he was six years of age, and the lad in love of adventure went aboard a Dutch vessel that plied to the West Indies...
. The range's crest forms part of the Great Basin Divide
Great Basin Divide
The Great Basin Divide is the western continental divide that separates the Great Basin from the Pacific Ocean watershed. The water divide is the perimeter of the largest set of contiguous endorheic watersheds of North America, including six entire USGS watershed subregions...
between the Meadow Watershed
Meadow Valley Wash
The Meadow Valley Wash is a southern Nevada stream draining the Meadow Watershed that is bordered on 3 sides by the Great Basin Divide. The wash's Lincoln County headpoint is in the Wilson Creek Range, and the wash includes 2 upper confluences . Panaca is along the upper wash, and downstream of...
and the Dry Lake Watershed, which includes Delamar Dry Lake
Delamar Dry Lake
Delamar Dry Lake is a dry lakebed located in the Dry Lake Watershed near Alamo in Lincoln County, Nevada. The lakebed is located on federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.- Delamar Dry Lake Landing Strip :...
and Delamar, Nevada
Delamar, Nevada
Delamar, Nevada, nicknamed The Widowmaker, is a ghost town in central eastern Nevada, USA along the east side of the Delamar Valley. During its heyday, primarily between 1895 and 1900, it produced $13.5 million in gold.-History:...
.