Nuwuvi Desert

The dry basins of the southern Great Basin are broken by ridges and watered places. In Pahranagat Valley, springs feed streams, lakes and marshes beneath the surrounding desert mountains. Southern Paiute, or Nuwuvi, communities used the valley's waters for fishing and irrigation and gathered plants in the neighbouring country. This riverine oasis formed one part of a much wider homeland, whose paths connected springs and seasonal resources across the basin and range landscape.