Three Lakes Valley (Nevada)
| Three Lakes Valley (Nevada) | |
| Valley | |
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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Nevada |
| Counties | Lincoln, Clark |
| Borders on | Pintwater Range-W East Desert Range-NE Desert Range-SE Las Vegas Valley-S & SW Spring Mountains-S & SW |
| City | Indian Springs, NV |
| Dry Lake | Dog Bone Lake |
| Location | Dog Bone Lake |
| - coordinates | 36°52′48″N 115°26′52″W / 36.8801367°N 115.4476833°WCoordinates: 36°52′48″N 115°26′52″W / 36.8801367°N 115.4476833°W |
| Lowest point | Dog Bone Lake |
| - location | Three Lake Valley (center-north) |
| - coordinates | 36°52′48″N 115°26′52″W / 36.8801367°N 115.4476833°W |
| Length | 25 mi (40 km), N-S |
| Width | 8 mi (13 km), E-W |
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Three Lakes Valley is a 25-mile (40 km) long,[1] partially endorheic valley in southwest Lincoln County and northwest Clark County, Nevada. The southwest of the valley has a narrowing with washes that flow south into the watershed of the Las Vegas Valley, a tributary to Lake Mead–Colorado River watersheds.
Description
Three Lakes Valley is short, only about 25 mi long, mostly north-south trending. The valley exits southwestwards between the foothills of perimeter mountains.
The bordering mountain ranges are the Pintwater Range, arc-shaped and north-south trending, on the west. The eastern borders of the valley are mostly the East Desert Range in the east and northeast; in the extreme southeast lies the northern areas of the Desert Range, where washes exit on the west to flow into the northwest-by-southeast Las Vegas Valley.
The Dog Bone Lake lakebed comprises about half the valley. Short washes mark the east and west valley perimeter; a longer string of washes extend northwest into a narrowing watershed source, between the convergence of the northern Pintwater Range and the northwest of the East Desert Range.
References
- ↑ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 66-67.
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Dog Bone Lake (lower right)