Quinn River | |
Queen River | |
intermittent river | |
The Quinn River drainage includes an area of Oregon
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Country | United States |
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State | Nevada |
Tributaries | |
- left |
East Fork source: 41°51′03″N 117°27′58″W / 41.850723°N 117.466245°W |
- right | Kings River |
Source | W side of the Santa Rosa Range in NE Humboldt Co |
- location | near Oregon state line |
- elevation | 3,060 ft (933 m) |
- coordinates | 41°58′26″N 117°34′8″W / 41.97389°N 117.56889°W |
Mouth | |
- coordinates | 40°52′59″N 119°03′50″W / 40.88306°N 119.06389°WCoordinates: 40°52′59″N 119°03′50″W / 40.88306°N 119.06389°W |
Length | 110 mi (177 km) |
Basin | 6,720 sq mi (17,405 km2) |
Discharge | for Quinn River Sink, ~60 miles (97 km) northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada |
- average | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) (evaporation) |
source: 41°51′03″N 117°27′58″W / 41.850723°N 117.466245°W
confluence: 41°58′26″N 117°34′09″W / 41.973777°N 117.569305°W, South Fork
source: 41°51′06″N 117°28′32″W / 41.851556°N 117.475689°W
confluence: 41°58′25″N 117°34′08″W / 41.973499°N 117.569027°W
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.