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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
- miwok a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California
- peltiphyllum peltatum rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
- hoover dam a large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada