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Ecoregions of Nevada

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Name	†	Color on Map
Salt Deserts	○
Sierra Nevada-Influenced Semiarid Hills and Basins	○
Shadscale-Dominated Saline Basins	○
Upper Owens Valley	○
Sagebrush Basins and Slopes	○
Woodland- and Shrub-Covered Low Mountains	○
High Elevation Carbonate Mountains	○
Lahontan and Tonopah Playas	○
Lahontan Sagebrush Slopes	○
Carbonate Sagebrush Valleys	○
Lahontan Uplands	○
Carbonate Woodland Zone	○
Central Nevada High Valleys	○
Central Nevada Mid-Slope Woodland and Brushland	○
Central Nevada Bald Mountains	○
Tonopah Sagebrush Foothills	○
Tonopah Basin	○
Tonopah Uplands	○
Sierra Nevada-Influenced High Elevation Mountains	○
Upper Lahontan Basin	○
Sierra Nevada-Influenced Ranges	○
Eastern Mojave Low Ranges and Arid Footslopes	○
Arid Valleys and Canyonlands	○
Eastern Mojave Mountain Woodland and Shrubland	○
Amargosa Desert	○
Death Valley/Mojave Central Trough	○
Virgin/Shivwits Woodland	○
Northeastern Sierra Mixed Conifer-Pine Forests	○
Northern Sierra Upper Montane Forests	○
Dissected High Lava Plateau	○
Semiarid Uplands	○
Pluvial Lake Basins	○
Salt Shrub Valleys	○
Wetlands	○
Lahontan Salt Shrub Basin	○
High Elevation Ruby Mountains	○
Upper Humboldt Plains	○
Mid-Elevation Ruby Mountains	○
Mojave Playas	○
Eastern Mojave Basins	○
Eastern Mojave High Elevation Mountains	○
Partly Forested Mountains	○
Northern Sierra Subalpine Forests	○
Semiarid Hills and Low Mountains	○
High Desert Wetlands	○
High Lava Plains	○

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