These interesting facts about Nevada for kids include the Hoover Dam, the Kangaroo Rat, gold mining, and the largest population of wild horses in the US.

Nevada has a desert climate that gets very hot and very cold in certain months of the year. It’s also covered by the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range and is known as The Silver State.

Hoover Dam offers guided tours and a museum of artifacts of the construction and its workers.

Fact One

Found in Death Valley, the Kangaroo Rat is an amazing creature who can live without ever drinking water!

Fact Two

Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state. The highest point is 13,145 feet at the top of Boundary Peak.

Fact Three

Nevada was part of the gold rush in the 1800s and is now the largest gold-producing state in the US and only second in the world behind South Africa.

Fact Four

With over 46,000 wild horses in Nevada, it reaches over 60% of the wild horse population in the entire United States.

Fact Five

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