| Lake Humboldt | |
|---|---|
 Humboldt Sink and Lake | |
  Lake Humboldt Location in Nevada | |
| Location | Churchill / Pershing counties, Nevada, United States[1] |
| Coordinates | 40°00′02.88″N 118°37′27.12″W / 40.0008000°N 118.6242000°W |
| Type | Endorheic |
| Primary inflows | Humboldt River |
| Primary outflows | none (Humboldt Sink) |
| Basin countries | United States |
Lake Humboldt or Humboldt Lake is an endorheic basin lake in northern Churchill County and southern Pershing County in the state of Nevada in the United States.[2] The lake has the name of Alexander von Humboldt, a German natural scientist.[3]
The lake receives the Humboldt River from the north but has no outlet. Humboldt Sink, an intermittent extension of the lake to the south, crosses into northern Churchill County.[2] Since the lake is fed by a freshwater source but has no outlet, its water varies between brackish and extremely salt-laden depending on its distance from the inlet.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Humboldt
- ^ a b Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed., Springfield MA: Merriam-Webster, 1997, ISBN 978-0-87779-546-9
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 11.