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3 unusual facts about Lake Mead National Recreation Area


Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Three of the four desert ecosystems found in the United States — the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin Desert, and the Sonoran Desert — meet in Lake Mead NRA.

It includes all of the eponymous Lake Mead as well as the smaller Lake Mohavereservoirs on the river created by Hoover Dam and Davis Dam, respectively – and the surrounding desert terrain and wilderness.

Mark Manendo

The area of Senator Manendo represents portions of Clark County which includes areas of Las Vegas, Sunrise Manor, Whitney, Lake Las Vegas, part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and the Clark County Wetlands Park.



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