Funeral Mountains

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The Funeral Mountains are a rugged desert mountain range on the border of California and Nevada, forming part of the eastern boundary of Death Valley.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Funeral Mountains canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
accessFrom Death Valley National Park roads
Nevada State Route 373 vicinity
adjacentTo Amargosa Desert
Amargosa Range
Black Mountains (Death Valley)
climate arid
desert climate
country United States
drainageTo Death Valley basin
linked to: Death Valley
formsBorderWith Death Valley
formsEasternBoundaryOf Death Valley
geologicalSetting extensional tectonic regime
hasEcosystem creosote bush scrub
desert scrub
hasFauna coyote
desert bighorn sheep
desert tortoise (regional presence)
hasFlora Joshua tree (in some areas)
creosote bush
hasGeologicalFeature fault-block structure
metamorphic core complex
hasRockAge Paleozoic
Precambrian
hasRockType metamorphic rock
sedimentary rock
hasViewOf Amargosa Desert
Death Valley
locatedIn California
Inyo County, California
Mojave Desert
Nevada
Nye County, Nevada
linked to: Nye County
nameEtymology associated with stark, barren appearance
notableFor exposed ancient metamorphic rocks
steep relief above Death Valley floor
partOf Basin and Range Province
Death Valley National Park
Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
protectedAreaStatus within national park
region Eastern California
linked to: eastern California

Southern Nevada
linked to: southern Nevada
terrain desert mountains
rugged
usedFor backcountry recreation
geological research
hiking
wildlife observation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amargosa Range hasPart Funeral Mountains
Amargosa Desert borderedBy Funeral Mountains
Manly Beacon viewpointFor Funeral Mountains