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Nipton-Moore Road is mostly straight and almost flat, but it occasionally dips down to cross drainage washes

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7489-nipton-moore-road.jpg To the west, down in Ivanpah Valley, sits reclusively a lone habitationThumbnailsLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsTo the west, down in Ivanpah Valley, sits reclusively a lone habitationThumbnailsLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsTo the west, down in Ivanpah Valley, sits reclusively a lone habitationThumbnailsLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsTo the west, down in Ivanpah Valley, sits reclusively a lone habitationThumbnailsLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsTo the west, down in Ivanpah Valley, sits reclusively a lone habitationThumbnailsLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rains

The erosion shows that a lot of water passes down these washes during heavy rains.