Owyhee Desert

The Owyhee Desert ecoregion, within the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, is in the . The Owyhee Uplands Byway passes through the desert.
Wikipedia
  • Heath
  • …lies at an elevation of 5,325 feet (1,623 metres)
  • Description: desert in Owyhee County, Idaho and Elko County, Nevada in the United States
  • Address: NV

Owyhee Desert

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Latitude
41.79184° or 41° 47′ 31″ north
Longitude
-116.96568° or 116° 57′ 56″ west
Open location code
85H5Q2RM+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369154532
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­heath
Geo­Names ID
5707086
Wiki­data ID
Q1445041

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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”

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