Quinn River

Quinn River
Queen River
The Quinn River basin extends into Oregon from Nevada.
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
Physical characteristics
SourceW side of the Santa Rosa Range in NE Humboldt Co
 • locationnear Oregon state line
 • coordinates41°58′26″N 117°34′8″W / 41.97389°N 117.56889°W / 41.97389; -117.56889
 • elevation3,060 ft (930 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°52′59″N 119°03′50″W / 40.88306°N 119.06389°W / 40.88306; -119.06389
Length110 mi (180 km)
Basin size6,720 sq mi (17,400 km2)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationQuinn River Sink, ~60 miles (97 km) northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada(evaporation)
 • average0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftEast Fork
source: 41°51′03″N 117°27′58″W / 41.850723°N 117.466245°W / 41.850723; -117.466245
confluence: 41°58′26″N 117°34′09″W / 41.973777°N 117.569305°W / 41.973777; -117.569305, South Fork
source: 41°51′06″N 117°28′32″W / 41.851556°N 117.475689°W / 41.851556; -117.475689
confluence: 41°58′25″N 117°34′08″W / 41.973499°N 117.569027°W / 41.973499; -117.569027
 • rightKings River

The Quinn River, once known as the Queen River, is an intermittent river, approximately 110 miles (180 km) long, in the desert of northwestern Nevada in the United States. It drains an enclosed basin inside the larger Great Basin.

It rises in northeastern Humboldt County, on the west side of the Santa Rosa Range, just south of the Oregon state line. Its course flows southwest, through the main Nevada lands of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes and then south and southwest, receiving the Kings River flowing south from Kings River Valley. The Quinn River evaporates in a sink at the Black Rock Desert,[2] south of the Black Rock Range.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference USGS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 38.