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Huntington Creek. Jarbidge River. Kings River. Little Humboldt River. Little Owyhee River. Marys River. Meadow Valley Wash. Muddy River. North Fork Humboldt River.
Humboldt River. The Humboldt River is an extensive river drainage system located in north-central Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in the Jarbidge, Independence, and Ruby Mountains in Elko County, to its terminus in the Humboldt Sink, approximately 225 miles (362 km) away in northwest Churchill County. [4]
The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin.The main stem of the river is 131 miles (211 km) long [4] although the addition of the East Fork makes the total length 205 miles (330 km), traversing five counties: Alpine County in California and Douglas, Storey, Lyon, and Churchill Counties in Nevada, as well as the Consolidated ...
Truckee River. The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. [3][6] The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin. Its waters are an important source of irrigation ...
Salmon Falls Creek. Sheep Creek (Bruneau River tributary) Smith Creek (Lander County, Nevada) South Fork Humboldt River. South Fork South Twin River. Steamboat Creek (Nevada)
The White River (northwest portion of map) is bordered on three sides by endorheic basins of the Great Basin. The White River is a small and discontinuous 138-mile-long (222 km) [1] river located in southeastern Nevada notable for several endemic species of fish. [2] The river was named for F. A. White, a 19th-century explorer.
Type. Wild. Designated. March 30, 2009. The Owyhee River is a tributary of the Snake River located in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the United States. It is 280 miles (450 km) long. [2][4] The river's drainage basin is 11,049 square miles (28,620 km 2) in area, one of the largest subbasins of the Columbia Basin. [5]
Muddy River (Nevada) Coordinates: 36°44′15″N 114°44′39″W. Muddy River in late Fall, looking south. The Muddy River, formerly known as the Moapa River, is a short river located in Clark County, in southern Nevada, United States. It is in the Mojave Desert, approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of Las Vegas.