Editing Owyhee County, Idaho (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|7697|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|7666|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|31|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the second-largest county in Idaho by area.

Nearly all of the county is high intermountain desert, with plentiful [[sagebrush]] and [[basalt]] canyons. The Owyhee Mountains in the west dominate the landscape, with Hayden Peak reaching {{convert|8403|ft}} above [[sea level]]. The lowest [[elevation]] is at the county's northwest corner, where the [[Snake River]] is just above {{convert|2000|ft}} at the [[Oregon]] border. The Snake forms most of the county's northern border from Oregon to just west of [[Glenns Ferry, Idaho|Glenns Ferry]] in [[Elmore County, Idaho|Elmore County]]. A tributary of the Snake is the [[Bruneau River]], which flows north from [[Nevada]] through the eastern section of the county. The [[Owyhee River]] starts in the southwestern part of the county and flows westward into Oregon; it eventually enters the Snake at the state border, south of [[Nyssa, Oregon|Nyssa]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Canyon County, Idaho|Canyon County]] – north
* [[Ada County, Idaho|Ada County]] – north
* [[Elmore County, Idaho|Elmore County]] – north
* [[Twin Falls County, Idaho|Twin Falls County]] – east
* [[Elko County, Nevada|Elko County]], [[Nevada]] – south/Pacific Time Border
* [[Humboldt County, Nevada|Humboldt County]], [[Nevada]] – southwest/Pacific Time Border
* [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]], [[Oregon]] – west

===National protected areas===
* [[Big Jacks Creek Wilderness]]
* [[Bruneau - Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness]]
* [[Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Little Jacks Creek Wilderness]]
* [[North Fork Owyhee Wilderness]]
* [[Owyhee River Wilderness]]
* [[Pole Creek Wilderness]]
* [[Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area]] (part)