Nevada: 18 Wheels of Steel

Nevada
The Silver State
Location Details
Type	State
Capital	Carson City
Accessible	Yes
Game(s)	18 Wheels of Steel: Hard Truck Convoy Haulin' American Long Haul
Cities	2
Time zone	PDT (UTC-7)
Known as	Невада Nevado

Nevada is a landlocked state of the United States, which is featured in the 18 Wheels of Steel series.

Summary

The state is bordered by California to the west, Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, and Arizona to the southeast. A medium-sized state, Nevada consists mostly of desert. The state's most renowned cities are Las Vegas and Reno, each famous for their casinos. Nevada can be a great and unique experience for players, with seemingly endless cracked and empty highways to haul cargo along.

Geography

Nevada is a landlocked state situated in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by California to the west, Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, and Arizona to the southeast. Nevada is almost entirely within the Basin and Range Province and is broken up by many north–south mountain ranges. Most of these ranges have endorheic valleys between them.

Geographically, the state can be divided into three regions: the Columbia Plateau, the Sierra Nevada, and the Basin and Range Province. The Columbia Plateau is located in the northeastern corner of the state, the land is supported by lava bedrock. Rivers and streams have cut deeply into the bedrock, leaving deep canyons with steep ridges. Near the Idaho border the land turns to open prairie. The Sierra Nevada is the rugged mountain range that cuts across a portion of Nevada south of Carson City. Lake Tahoe, a beautiful glacial lake, on the California/Nevada border lies in one of the valleys of the Sierra Nevada. The Basin and Range Province is divided by more than 150 mountain ranges running from north to south. The Basin and Range Region is bordered on the west by the Sierra Nevada. In the center of the state are the Toiyabe and Toquima mountain ranges. In the east are the Snake and Toana mountain ranges. Scattered between all of the ranges are buttes (single lone hills) and mesas (flat-topped mountains) as well as flat valleys with lakes or alkalie flats. Hot springs and geysers are remnants of the dying volcanoes that once populated Nevada.

Climate

Nevada is the driest state in the United States. It is made up of mostly desert and semi-arid climate regions, and, with the exception of the Las Vegas Valley, the average summer diurnal temperature range approaches 40 °F (22 °C) in much of the state. While winters in northern Nevada are long and fairly cold, the winter season in the southern part of the state tends to be of short duration and mild. Most parts of Nevada receive scarce precipitation during the year. The most rain that falls in the state falls on the east and northeast slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

Cities

There are 2 cities in Nevada, represented in the 18 Wheels of Steel series.

City Name	Image	First Game	Remarks
Las Vegas		Hard Truck: 18 WoS
Reno		Hard Truck: 18 WoS

See also

• Information about Nevada in real life