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Pahute Mesa (landform)
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For the adjacent region southeast, in the Nevada Test Site, see Pahute Mesa.
The Pahute Mesa is a large, 60 miles (97 km) long[1] mesa in southern Nye County, Nevada. The mesa's southeast region lies in the Nevada Test Site which is southeast; the region in the test site is called Pahute Mesa, one of the major test site sub-regions.
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Pahute Mesa | |
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![]() section of Pahute Mesa (southeast, at Test Site) | |
Pahute Mesa (mesa) in Nevada | |
Coordinates: 37.268547°N 116.809234°W / 37.268547; -116.809234 | |
Location | Beatty, NV, Nye, (southwest)-Great Basin region) ((north)-Mojave Desert border), Nevada, United States |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 60 mi (97 km) |
• Width | 25 mi (40 km) |
River | Amargosa River |
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The central, and some southeast sections of the Pahute Mesa are the south-southwest flowing upland watersheds of the Amargosa River which flows south past Beatty and the Bare Mountains. The river enters the Amargosa Desert and Valley just south of Beatty, a northeast watershed tributary to southern Death Valley.