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The West Walker River is a tributary of the Walker River, approximately 95 miles (153 km) long, [2] in eastern California and western Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the Sierra Nevada range along the California-Nevada border in the watershed of Walker Lake in the Great Basin.
The Walker River is a river in west-central Nevada in the United States, approximately 62 miles (100 km) long. Fed principally by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada of California, it drains an arid portion of the Great Basin southeast of Reno and flows into the endorheic basin of Walker Lake.
West Walker River; Pacific Ocean. Columbia watershed. Columbia River (OR) Snake River (ID) Owyhee River. South Fork Owyhee River. Little Owyhee River; Bruneau River.
Little Walker River, West Walker River [3] West Walker River Preserve California 89 36 5,200 1,600 2019 West Walker ...
The West Walker River flows through Smith Valley, and for more than a century the flows of the Walker have been diverted to irrigate farms and ranches. Diversions of the Walker River have contributed to near complete ecosystem collapse of Walker Lake. The primary crops grown in Smith Valley are alfalfa and hay.
Coleville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mono County, California, United States. [2] It is located at an elevation of 5,141 feet (1,567 m) in the Antelope Valley on the West Walker River.
West Fork West Walker River; Mono Lake. Rivers draining into saline and endorheic Mono Lake in eastern California, from north and proceeding counterclockwise:
The levee and reservoir have been owned and operated by the Walker River Irrigation District since its construction. [3] Topaz Lake is popular for boaters, water-skiers, campers, and fishermen. Fishing season runs year-round, and the lake is stocked with trout by the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.