Owyhee Desert
The Owyhee Desert ecoregion, within the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, is in the Northwestern United States. The Owyhee Uplands Byway passes through the desert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Heath
- Description: desert in Owyhee County, Idaho and Elko County, Nevada in the United States
- Address: NV
Owyhee Desert
- Category: desert
- Location: Elko, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.79184° or 41° 47′ 31″ northLongitude
-116.96568° or 116° 57′ 56″ westElevation
5,325 feet (1,623 metres)Open location code
85H5Q2RM+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 369154532OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Owyhee Desert” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صحراء أويهي”
- Azerbaijani: “Ovayxi”
- Cebuano: “Owyhee Desert”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا اويهى”
- Georgian: “ოვაიჰის უდაბნო”
- German: “Owyhee-Wüste”
- German: “Owyhee”
- Hebrew: “מדבר אוואי”
- Italian: “deserto di Owyhee”
- Italian: “Deserto di Owyhee”
- Portuguese: “Deserto de Owyhee”
- Russian: “Овайхи”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fàsach Owyhee”
- Ukrainian: “Овайхі”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Owyhee Camp and Calico Ranch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nadine Butte and Indian Buttes.
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