Area 347 km² | Management Bureau of Land Management | |
Clover Mountains Wilderness is a 85,668-acre (34,669 ha) large wilderness area southeast of Caliente, Nevada in southeast Lincoln County's border region with southwest Utah.
Contents
The wilderness comprises much of the Clover Mountains and has biome influences from the Tule Desert adjacent to the southeast. It also lies in a border region on the Great Basin Divide, at the northeast of the Mojave Desert and the south-southeast of the Great Basin regions.
DescriptionEdit
The large Clover Mountain region contains numerous spires, rock outcrops, meandering canyons, and perennial streams. The peaks in the mountains rise to more than 7,000 ft (2,134 m) with areas of old-growth forest; riparian streams also yield species of ash and cottonwood.
GeologyEdit
The Clover Mountains Wilderness is a former volcanic region. It contains rhyolite with various colors, pink, red, yellow, orange and browns. umerous spires, rock outcrops, meandering canyons, and perennial streams occur in the region.
Flora and faunaEdit
The Clover Mountains Wilderness contains stands of Ponderosa Pine and Quaking Aspen. The southern portion of the wilderness contains species from the Tule Desert (Nevada), sagebrush and Joshua Trees.
Some fauna of the region include mountain lion, badger, bobcat, Desert Bighorn Sheep, prairie falcon, and golden eagles.