East Fork Carson River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California, Nevada |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sierra Nevada |
• location | Alpine County, California |
• coordinates | 38°21′41″N 119°37′36″W / 38.36139°N 119.62667°W[1] |
• elevation | 10,312 ft (3,143 m) |
Mouth | Carson River |
• location | Douglas County, Nevada |
• coordinates | 38°59′27″N 119°49′29″W / 38.99083°N 119.82472°W[1] |
• elevation | 4,675 ft (1,425 m) |
Length | 61 mi (98 km)[2] |
Basin size | 392 sq mi (1,020 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | near Gardnerville, NV[4] |
• average | 376 cu ft/s (10.6 m3/s)[5] |
• minimum | 11 cu ft/s (0.31 m3/s) |
• maximum | 20,300 cu ft/s (570 m3/s) |
The East Fork Carson River is the largest tributary of the Carson River, flowing through California and Nevada in the western United States. The north-flowing river is 61 miles (98 km) long[3] and drains a mostly rural, mountainous watershed of 392 square miles (1,020 km2).[3]