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.
G. Thomas, Public domain.- 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”“Lower Bishop Creek”“Marias River”“Marys River”“Ogdens River”“Pauls River”“Swampy River”“Unknown River”
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Latitude
39.98797° or 39° 59′ 17″ north
Longitude
-118.60098° or 118° 36′ 4″ west
Open location code
85F3X9QX+5J
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Humboldt River” goes by many names.
نهر همبولتArabic
Հումբոլդտ գետArmenian
Ríu HumboldtAsturian
ХумболтBulgarian
ХъмбоултBulgarian
HumboldtCatalan
Humboldt RiverCebuano
洪堡河Chinese
HumboldtCzech
Humboldt RiverDanish
HumboldtDutch
Humboldt RiverDutch
نهر هومبولدتEgyptian Arabic
HumboldtEsperanto
Rivero HumboldtEsperanto
Rivero HumboltoEsperanto
ჰუმბოლდტიGeorgian
ΧούμπολτGreek
נהר הומבולדטHebrew
Abhainn HumboldtIrish
HumboldtItalian
ハンボルト川Japanese
フンボルト川Japanese
HumboltasLithuanian
HumboldtNorwegian
HumboldtNorwegian Bokmål
Humboldt RiverNorwegian Bokmål
HumboldtPolish
ГумбольдтRussian
ХамболтSerbian
HumboldtSlovenian
Humboldt RiverSlovenian
reka HumboldtSlovenian
Humboldt RiverSwedish
Humboldt NehriTurkish
دریائے ہمبولٹUrdu
HumboldtVenetian
sông HumboldtVietnamese
Afon HumboldtWelsh
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