Early History
Geologic events formed the state's Basin and Range topography, the "Nevada Basin" physiographic region, and the central Nevada desert (e.g., the recession of the Pleistocene Lake Lahontan changed the Humboldt River course), and Great Basin. The Native American tribes had inhabited Nevada for millennia before Euro-Americans arrived in the 18th century.
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