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Bitter Spring Valley

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Bitter Spring Valley is a 13 mile (21 kilometer) long valley basin in Clark County, Nevada, running northeast of Las Vegas along the north trending Overton Arm on the west edge of Lake Mead. About 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide, it is bordered by the Muddy Mountains and the Black Mountains, contains Muddy Peak at 5,363 feet, and is drained by Bitter Spring Wash; the communities of Echo Bay, Overton Beach, Overton, and the Callville Bay Resort and Marina lie along its margins. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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The Bitter Spring Valley is a 13-mile (21 km) long valley located northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada on the west edge of Lake Mead, on the north-trending Overton Arm, (of the Virgin River, and Meadow Valley Wash).
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