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==Geography== The [[mountain range]] forms a portion of the drainage divide between the [[Truckee River]] (north) and the [[Carson River]] (south).<ref name=USGS>{{cite web |title=Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units |url=http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc_name.html |publisher=USGS.gov |access-date=2010-10-21}}</ref> [[Truckee Meadows]] and the [[Washoe Valley]] are to the west, and the [[Lahontan Valley]] is to the east. It is associated with the [[Flowery Range]].<ref name=vr/> Several paths lead into the Virginia Range.<ref name=vr>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/virginia-range/368626 |title=Virginia Range (NV)|date= November 8, 2015|access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> The highest peak is [[Mount Davidson (Nevada)|Mount Davidson]] at {{convert|7864|ft}}, near [[Virginia City, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/mount-davidson-nv/153745 |title=Mount Davidson (NV)|date= June 15, 2016|access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> Other nearby peaks are Mount Bullion at {{convert|7682|ft}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/mount-bullion/763911 |title=Mount Bullion (NV)|date= Sep 13, 2012|access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> and Ophir Hill at {{convert|7782|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/ophir-hill/374309 |title=Ophir Hill (NV)|date= Jan 23, 2008 |access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref>
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