Carson River

The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the , an endorheic basin. The main stem of the river is 131 miles long although the addition of the East Fork makes the total length 205 miles, traversing five counties: in and , , , and Counties in , as well as the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, Nevada.
Wikipedia
Skooiman, Public domain.
  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,878 feet (1,182 metres)
  • Description: river in Nevada, United States
  • Also known as
    “East Fork of Old River”
    “Old River”

Carson River

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Latitude
39.71297° or 39° 42′ 47″ north
Longitude
-118.6557° or 118° 39′ 21″ west
Open location code
85F3P87V+5P
Geo­Names ID
5501374
Wiki­data ID
Q2146846

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Carson River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Carson”
  • Bavarian: “Carson River”
  • Catalan: “Carson”
  • Cebuano: “Carson River”
  • Dutch: “Carson”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كارسون”
  • French: “Carson River”
  • French: “Carson”
  • German: “Carson River”
  • Greek: “ποταμός Κάρσον”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Carson”
  • Japanese: “カーソン川”
  • Lithuanian: “Karsonas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carson River”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Carson”
  • Russian: “Карсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Carson”
  • Slovenian: “Carson River”
  • Slovenian: “Carson”
  • Slovenian: “East Fork of Old River”
  • Spanish: “Rio Carson”
  • Spanish: “Río Carson”
  • Ukrainian: “Карсон”
  • Venetian: “Carson”
  • Welsh: “Afon Carson”
  • Western Frisian: “Carson”

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