Kings River (Nevada)

Kings River
Quinn River watershed, including Kings River watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada, Oregon
Physical characteristics
Source	west of Disaster Peak
• location	The Granites, Humboldt County, Nevada, Nevada
• coordinates	41°59′05″N 118°13′36″W[1]
• elevation	8,382 ft (2,555 m)[2]
Mouth	Quinn River
• location	Quinn River Lakes, Humboldt County, Nevada, Nevada
• coordinates	41°30′54″N 118°08′55″W[1]
• elevation	4,114 ft (1,254 m)[1]
Length	40 mi (64 km)[3]

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]

Description

The 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

• List of rivers of Nevada
• List of rivers of Oregon
• List of rivers of the Great Basin

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kings River
2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
3. Nevada Road and Recreation Atlas (Map). Benchmark Maps. 2007. § 32. Distances estimated via map scale and ruler.