Monte Cristo Range
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The Monte Cristo Range is located in western Nevada
in the United States
. The range lies southeast of the Excelsior Mountains
and east and north of Highway 95 in Esmeralda County. The Bureau of Land Management
manages 99.9% of the range.
Sagebrush
scrub makes up 63.1% of the mountains, with Shadscale comprising 36.6%.
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...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The range lies southeast of the Excelsior Mountains
Excelsior Mountains
The Excelsior Mountains are located in western Nevada in the United States. The range stretches in an east-west direction in Mineral County southwest of the town of Mina, Nevada. The mountains reach an elevation of 8,805 feet at Moho Mountain in the southeastern part of the range. The...
and east and north of Highway 95 in Esmeralda County. The Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...
manages 99.9% of the range.
Sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
scrub makes up 63.1% of the mountains, with Shadscale comprising 36.6%.