page_title: Truckee Meadows
section_title: Colloquial usage
hierarchical_section_title: Truckee Meadows / Colloquial usage
caption_attribution_description: English: Image taken September 1, 2016 One of the last images of the Wild Mustangs in the Truckee Meadows prior to a rapid expansion of homes. Steamboat Creek in the foreground with Carson City to the south. Construction is underway for 2000+ homes within the Truckee Meadow of east Reno Nevada.
context_page_description: The Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada, named for the Truckee River, which collects and drains all water in the valley. Truckee Meadows is also colloquially used as a name for the Reno metropolitan area, even though the metro area includes areas outside this valley.
context_section_description: Truckee Meadows has been used interchangeably with the Reno metropolitan area,  However, the metro area's official definition includes all of Washoe County and Storey County.  Several Reno suburbs are located in separate valleys, including Lemmon Valley, Golden Valley, Sun Valley, Nevada, Cold Springs valley and Washoe Valley.
caption: Mustangs in the Truckee Meadows. Picture was taken just prior to this portion of the valley being developed with homes.
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