Carson Desert

Carson Desert
desert & watershed
Timothy H. O'Sullivan's portable studio in the Carson Desert in 1867.
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	central Lahontan subregion of the Great Basin
Borders on	N: Humboldt Basin E: Central Nevada Desert Basins S: Walker River Basin W: Middle Carson Watershed NW: northern Lahontan subregion
Parts	N: Carson Sink
Area	2,150 sq mi (5,568 km2) - watershed area
HUC	16050203

The Carson Desert is a desert in the Lahontan Basin and the desert valley of Churchill County, Nevada (U.S.), which receives an average 5 inches (130 mm) annual precipitation. The desert is the low valley area (including the Carson Sink in the north of the valley) between the adjacent mountain ranges, while the larger watershed includes the interior slopes of the demarcating ranges. The desert was inundated by Lake Lahontan during the , and the watershed became part of Nevada's Conservation Security Program in 2005.

This desert was the subject of a question on Eggheads (TV series), in 2012.