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'''Fallon National Wildlife Refuge''' was established in 1931 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals. It is located in the [[Lahontan Valley]] of western [[Nevada]], at the terminus of the [[Carson River]]. The refuge comprises over {{convert|15000|acre|lk=on}} of [[Dry lake|playa]] and [[wetland]] habitat in the [[Carson Sink]].
| name = Fallon National Wildlife Refuge
| iucn_category = IV
| map = USA Nevada
| relief = 1
| map_caption = Map of [[Nevada]]
| map_width = 270
| photo = Fallon National Wildlife Refuge snow.jpg
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| location = [[Churchill County, Nevada]], [[United States]]
| nearest_city = [[Fallon, Nevada]]
| coordinates = {{coords|39.75241|-118.61653|region:US-NV|notes=<ref>{{cite gnis|848689|Fallon National Wildlife Refuge}}</ref>|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{convert|15000|acre|km2|abbr=on}}
| established = 1931
| visitation_num =
| visitation_year =
| governing_body = [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service|U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]
| website = [https://www.fws.gov/refuge/fallon/ Fallon National Wildlife Refuge]
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'''Fallon National Wildlife Refuge''' is a [[National Wildlife Refuge]] of the United States located in western [[Nevada]]. It was established in 1931 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and other wild animals.
 
The refuge comprises over {{convert|15000|acre}} of [[Dry lake|playa]] and [[wetland]] habitat in the [[Carson Sink]]. This area, in the [[Lahontan Valley]], is at the terminus of the [[Carson River]]. In years of high water flows down the Carson Riverriver, the refuge is important for migratory [[shorebird]]s and [[waterfowl]]. However, due to diversions, in most years there is insufficientnot waterenough flow down the Carson River for the waterriver to entereven reach the refuge lands.
 
The refuge is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, but there are no facilities on the refuge. Roads are primitive and passable only during those periods of dry weather.
 
==References==
*[httphttps://www.fws.gov/refugesrefuge/profilesfallon/index.cfm?id=84592 Refuge profilewebsite]
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*[http://stillwater.fws.gov/fallon.html Refuge website]
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{{coord|39|45|09|N|118|37|00|W|display=title}}
 
{{Protected Areas of Nevada}}
{{National Wildlife Refuges of the United States}}
 
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[[Category:National Wildlife Refuges in Nevada]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1931]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Churchill County, Nevada]]
[[Category:Wetlands of Nevada]]
[[Category:Landforms of Churchill County, Nevada]]
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