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The Walker River is a river in west-central Nevada in the United States, approximately 62 miles (100 km) long. Fed principally by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada of California , it drains an arid portion of the Great Basin southeast of Reno and flows into the endorheic basin of Walker Lake .
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The reservation is located along the Walker River between Yerington and Walker Lake (in Northern Paiute: Hagi). [1] At the current lake level, the reservation has only a small frontage on Walker Lake. The bulk of the reservation (72.68%) is in Mineral County; with portions in Lyon County (14.37%) and Churchill County (12.95%).
Walker River. East Walker River; West Walker River; Pacific Ocean. Columbia watershed. Columbia River (OR) Snake River (ID) Owyhee River. South Fork Owyhee River.
Walker Lake is the traditional home of the Walker River Paiute Tribe. The Walker River Reservation was created in 1874 and specifically included acres to be farmed. In 1924, the United States in its trust capacity for the tribe filed suit claiming that the Tribe's reserved rights to the flows of the Walker River were being impaired by upstream ...
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The estuary formed at the river mouth is in near pristine condition with a tidal delta. [4] The estuary at the river mouth occupies an area of 29.5 hectares (73 acres) of open water. It is river dominated in nature with a tide dominated delta with a single channel and is surrounded by an area of 30.9 hectares (76 acres) covered with mangroves. [5]
The West Walker River is a tributary of the Walker River, approximately 95 miles (153 km) long, [2] in eastern California and western Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the Sierra Nevada range along the California-Nevada border in the watershed of Walker Lake in the Great Basin. The river derives its name from Joseph R. Walker, a ...