Humboldt River
The Humboldt River is the longest river in the northern and central part of Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in northern Nevada's Jarbidge, Independence, and Ruby Mountains in Elko County to its terminus in the Humboldt Sink, approximately 225 miles away in northwest Churchill County.
Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in northern Nevada, United States
- Also known as: “Barren River”, “Bishop Creek”, “Bishops Creek”, “Buenaventura River”, “East Fork Humboldt River”, “Fremonts Creek”, “Humbold River”, “Humboldtfluss”, “Lower Bishop Creek”, “Marias River”, “Marys River”, “Ogdens River”, “Pauls River”, “reka Humboldt”, “Rio Humboldt”, “Swampy River”, “Unknown River”, and “フンボルト川”
Humboldt River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Churchill, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.98797° or 39° 59′ 17″ north
Longitude
-118.60098° or 118° 36′ 4″ west
Elevation
3,894 feet (1,187 metres)
Open location code
85F3X9QX+5J
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Humboldt River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر همبولت”
- Armenian: “Հումբոլդտ գետ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Humboldt”
- Bulgarian: “Хумболт”
- Bulgarian: “Хъмбоулт”
- Catalan: “Humboldt”
- Cebuano: “Humboldt River”
- Chinese: “洪堡河”
- Czech: “Humboldt”
- Danish: “Humboldt River”
- Dutch: “Humboldt”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هومبولدت”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Humboldt”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Humbolto”
- French: “Humboldt”
- Georgian: “ჰუმბოლდტი”
- German: “Humboldt River”
- Greek: “Χούμπολτ”
- Hebrew: “נהר הומבולדט”
- Irish: “Abhainn Humboldt”
- Italian: “Humboldt”
- Japanese: “ハンボルト川”
- Lithuanian: “Humboltas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Humboldt”
- Norwegian: “Humboldt”
- Polish: “Humboldt”
- Russian: “Гумбольдт”
- Serbian: “Хамболт”
- Slovenian: “Humboldt”
- Spanish: “Río Humboldt”
- Swedish: “Humboldt River”
- Turkish: “Humboldt Nehri”
- Urdu: “دریائے ہمبولٹ”
- Venetian: “Humboldt”
- Vietnamese: “sông Humboldt”
- Welsh: “Afon Humboldt”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Miriam and Toulon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Humboldt State Wildlife Management Area and Humboldt Sink.
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