Nevada Rivers
Open a river for its map, facts and the lakes on it.
Humboldt River
Nevada's longest interior river flows west across the Great Basin past Elko, Carlin, Battle Mountain and Winnemucca, through Rye Patch Reservoir, and dies in the Humboldt Sink.
1,450 milesColorado River
The Colorado drops from the Rockies past Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction and Moab, carves the Grand Canyon, then runs along the Arizona-Nevada-California line past Laughlin, Lake Havasu City, Needles and Yuma toward Mexico.
about 162 milesVirgin River
After carving Zion Canyon, the Virgin runs southwest past St. George, cuts through Arizona's Virgin River Gorge, and enters Nevada near Mesquite, with its final 30 miles forming Lake Mead's north arm.
280 milesOwyhee River
Starts in northeast Nevada, crosses the Duck Valley reservation into southwest Idaho, then cuts deep canyons in southeast Oregon past Rome before filling Lake Owyhee and joining the Snake.
about 32 milesMuddy River
Fed by warm springs, the short Muddy River flows through the Moapa Valley past Glendale, where Meadow Valley Wash joins, to Lake Mead near Overton.
about 110 milesQuinn River
A desert stream of northwest Nevada, the Quinn flows southwest through the Fort McDermitt reservation lands, picks up the Kings River, and evaporates on the Black Rock Desert playa.
181 milesReese River
The Reese runs north from the Toiyabe Range near Austin between desert mountain ranges, shrinking to a slow, muddy stream that usually fades out before reaching the Humboldt.
153 milesBruneau River
Gathers forks in Nevada's Jarbidge Mountains, flows north through a remote lava canyon up to 1,200 feet deep, then crosses farmland near Bruneau to enter the Snake at C. J. Strike Reservoir.
185 milesAmargosa River
A mostly intermittent desert river, the Amargosa passes Beatty and Amargosa Valley in Nevada, then crosses into California past Shoshone and Tecopa before vanishing into Death Valley's Badwater Basin.