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The Pahranagat Valley is a Tonopah Basin landform in Lincoln County, Nevada.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coal Valley (Nevada)
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 43.
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