The Washoe Zephyr is a seasonal diurnal wind which occurs across western Nevada just east of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It blows primarily in the summer...
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Washoe Lake (Washo: c'óʔyaʔ dáʔaw) is a lake located near Carson City in the Washoe Valley of Washoe County, Nevada. It is a very shallow lake with a surface...
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to 2010 it was part of the Zephyr Cove–Round Hill Village CDP. Before Zephyr Cove was established, the Native American Washoe people lived around the area...
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of Historic Places listings in Washoe County, Nevada Reno 911!, a parody cop show set in Washoe County Washoe Zephyr, a regional wind referenced by Mark...
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vehicles. One of these, known as the Washoe Zephyr, occurs during the summer, sometimes daily. Describing the Washoe Zephyr as it occurred while he was in Carson...
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Look up Zephyr, Zéphyr, zephyr, zephyrs, or zéphyr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In European tradition, a zephyr is a light wind or a west wind,...
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Reno, Nevada (category Cities in Washoe County, Nevada)
throughout the year; observers such as Mark Twain have commented about the "Washoe Zephyr", northwestern Nevada's distinctive wind. Annual precipitation has ranged...
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Tahoe Tessie (section Washoe influence)
station owner, reported seeing a humped creature during a commercial shoot at Zephyr Cove. He claimed several children shouted "It’s Tessie!" when the water...
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southeasterly winds Sundowner, (strong offshore wind off the California coast) Washoe Zephyr (seasonal diurnal wind in parts of western Nevada) Williwaw (strong...
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Zealand Oroshi – Downslope winds of Japan Sirocco – Mediterranean wind Washoe Zephyr Masters, Nathan (October 25, 2012). "SoCal's Devil Winds: The Santa...
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Thunderbird Lodge (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) (category Houses in Washoe County, Nevada)
63 ha) waterfront estate located on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, in western Washoe County, Nevada. George Whittell Jr. was born in San Francisco in 1881, an...
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Cave Rock Tunnel (category Washoe)
States. It passes through Cave Rock, a volcanic stone formation. To the Washoe Indian Tribe, Cave Rock (Washo: De ek Wadapush) is considered a sacred place...
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both civilian and military. Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region...
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artemisia known as the sage brush on the slope of Mt Davidson, where the Washoe zephyrs thrum the Aeolian harp of the telegraph and sweep the slopes of that...
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Sparks, Nevada (category Cities in Washoe County, Nevada)
Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It was founded in 1904, incorporated on March 15, 1905, and is located just east of Reno. The...
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Pyramid Lake (Nevada) (category Lakes of Washoe County, Nevada)
completed for the Truckee River. Pyramid Lake is located in southeastern Washoe County in western Nevada. It is in an elongated intermontane basin between...
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Gerlach, Nevada (category Census-designated places in Washoe County, Nevada)
Gerlach, Nevada is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 130 at the 2020 census. It is part of the...
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List of high schools in Nevada (section Washoe County)
Pershing County High School, Lovelock Virginia City High School, Virginia City Washoe County School District Coral Academy of Science, Reno Damonte Ranch High...
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Lake Tahoe (category Lakes of Washoe County, Nevada)
sacred site for the Washoe Indians. The Washoe people called Cave Rock deʔek wadapush (Washo for Standing Gray Rock). Part of why the Washoe felt the Cave was...
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the route for Interstate 80 between Fernley and Reno. Pyramid Lake and Washoe Lake collect water in their respective endorheic basins, and Lake Lahontan...
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Route 823 State Route 824 State Route 827 State Route 828 State Route 829 Washoe County - north Storey County - northwest Churchill County - east Douglas...
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is a short, unsigned state highway in the South Meadows area of Reno in Washoe County, Nevada. It comprises a short segment of South Meadows Parkway. SR...
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Clark County $38,821 $63,125 285 133 4 Verdi-Mogul Washoe County $38,233 $67,708 2,949 1,159 5 Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village Douglas County $37,218 $60...
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Mount Rose Ski Tahoe (category Buildings and structures in Washoe County, Nevada)
view of the Rose side from the main lodge. Fresh snow at Mount Rose. The Zephyr Express. Near the summit of Slide Mountain. Slide Mountain viewable from...
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Churchill Douglas Elko Eureka Humboldt Lander Lyon Mineral Pershing Storey Washoe With the discovery of gold in the western foothills of Nevada in 1858, large...
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Washoe hunted in the upper Feather River basin, especially in Long Valley, Sierra Valley, and Mohawk Valley. There is evidence of Paiute and Washoe settlements...
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Slide Mountain between SR 431 and I-580/US 395/US 395 ALT in unincorporated Washoe County. Channel 4 in Reno began broadcasting in 1962 as KCRL, the second...
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Springs CDP Douglas 585 Cold Springs CDP Washoe 10,153 Crescent Valley CDP Eureka 512 Crystal Bay CDP Washoe 337 Dayton CDP Lyon 15,153 Denio CDP Humboldt...
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Women's Rugby, the Hayward Griffins, the Berkeley All Blues, the Reno Zephyrs, Mission RFC, UCSC Women's Rugby, and the now defunct Old Blue RFC have...
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transportation methods. To commence the ceremony, on October 29, 1937, a young Washoe Native American youth from Nevada named Jerry Emm cracked the ice on Tulainyo...
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