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nouna state in the western United States
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- colorado an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
- reno a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
- whitney the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)
- fresno a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- mojave a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California
- southwestern of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado
- nevadan a native or resident of Nevada
- jones' penstemon low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah
- calochortus amoenus globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
- sceloporus graciosus a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains