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The Cortez Mountains are located in north central Nevada in the United States. The range lies in a southwest-northeasterly direction between Crescent Valley and Pine Valley. Mount Tenabo is the principal peak of the range, at 9,153 feet above sea level.〔''Cortez Quadrangle, Nevada,'' 7.5 Minute Series, USGS, 1986〕 Surrounding ranges include: the Shoshone Range to the northwest, the Pinon and Sulphur Springs ranges to the east, the Simpson Park Mountains to the south and the Toiyabe Range to the southwest across the narrow Cortez Canyon.〔''Crescent Valley, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Series, USGS, 1987〕 The northeastern end of the range reaches the Humboldt River at Palisade about southwest of Carlin.〔''Battle Mountain, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Series, USGS, 1988〕 The Bureau of Land Management oversees 70% of the range, while privately held land accounts for the other 30%. Vegetation is primarily pinyon-juniper, montane shrub, and sagebrush steppe. At least four different species of mice live in the range. The side-blotched lizard and the chisel-toothed kangaroo rat are also found in the mountains. ==References== *Biological Resources Research Center - () *''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', 2001, pg. 38 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cortez Mountains」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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