The Kings River is a tributary of the Quinn River, about 40 mi (64 km) long, in northwestern Nevada and south-central Oregon in the United States.[1] It drains a remote arid area of the northwestern Great Basin.[3]
Kings River
Quinn River watershed, including Kings River watershed
kings, river, nevada, kings, river, tributary, quinn, river, about, long, northwestern, nevada, south, central, oregon, united, states, drains, remote, arid, area, northwestern, great, basin, kings, riverquinn, river, watershed, including, kings, river, waters. The Kings River is a tributary of the Quinn River about 40 mi 64 km long in northwestern Nevada and south central Oregon in the United States 1 It drains a remote arid area of the northwestern Great Basin 3 Kings RiverQuinn River watershed including Kings River watershedLocationCountryUnited StatesStateNevada OregonPhysical characteristicsSourcewest of Disaster Peak locationThe Granites Humboldt County Nevada Nevada coordinates41 59 05 N 118 13 36 W 41 98472 N 118 22667 W 41 98472 118 22667 1 elevation8 382 ft 2 555 m 2 MouthQuinn River locationQuinn River Lakes Humboldt County Nevada Nevada coordinates41 30 54 N 118 08 55 W 41 51500 N 118 14861 W 41 51500 118 14861 1 elevation4 114 ft 1 254 m 1 Length40 mi 64 km 3 Description editThe river rises in northern Humboldt County Nevada west of Disaster Peak in The Granites part of the Trout Creek Mountains near the Oregon state line Flowing northwest it crosses briefly into Harney County Oregon then turns sharply south and re enters Humboldt County for the rest of its course It flows generally south between the Bilk Creek Mountains on the right west and the Montana Mountains then the Double H Mountains on the left It joins the Quinn River from the north at Quinn River Lakes The Quinn River flows southwest from the lake to end in a sink in the Black Rock Desert west of Winnemucca 3 See also edit nbsp Oregon portal nbsp Rivers portal List of rivers of Nevada List of rivers of Oregon List of rivers of the Great BasinReferences edit a b c d U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Kings River Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates a b c Nevada Road and Recreation Atlas Map Benchmark Maps 2007 32 Distances estimated via map scale and ruler nbsp This article related to a river in Nevada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Harney County Oregon state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in Oregon is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kings River Nevada amp oldid 1110197356, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
