Highland Ridge Wilderness is a 68,627-acre (27,772 ha) wilderness area in the southern part of the Snake Range of White Pine County , just south of Great Basin National Park , in the U.S. state of Nevada . Located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of the town of Baker , the Wilderness was designated in 2006 and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management .
4-397: The topography of Highland Ridge Wilderness varies from gently sloping bajadas to rolling foothills to steep ridgelines. This variety of terrain provides excellent habitat for wildlife including mule deer , cougar , northern goshawk , and several species of bat . The pinyon and juniper -covered mountains, steep rocky ridges, and deep drainages provide contiguous protection to some of
8-654: Is deposited closest to the base and the finer sediment grades outwards and deposits in a fan-shape away from the mountain face. The sediment is transported across a pediment into a closed basin where the bajadas grade back into a pediment, making the boundary difficult to distinguish. Bajadas frequently contain playa lakes . Bajadas are common in dry climates (e.g., the Southwestern US) where flash floods deposit sediment over time, although they are also common in wetter climates where streams are nearly continuously depositing sediment. This sedimentology article
12-497: The basin lands that comprise much of this region of the state. This article related to a protected area in Nevada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This White Pine County , Nevada state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bajada (geography) A bajada consists of a series of coalescing alluvial fans along a mountain front. These fan-shaped deposits form by
16-505: The deposition of sediment within a stream onto flat land at the base of a mountain. The usage of the term in landscape description or geomorphology derives from the Spanish word bajada , generally having the sense of "descent" or "inclination". When a stream flows downhill, it picks up sediment along with other materials. As this stream emerges from a mountain front, the sediment carried begins to be deposited, such that coarser sediment
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