West Fork Carson River
The West Fork Carson River is a major tributary of the Carson River, about 35 miles long, in Alpine County, California, and Douglas County, Nevada, in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in California and Nevada, USA
- Also known as: “West Carson River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Genoa and Kingsbury.
Genoa
Village
Photo: Brent Cooper, CC BY 2.0.
Genoa is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1851, it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. Genoa is situated 1½ miles northwest of West Fork Carson River.
Kingsbury
Village
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Kingsbury is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,152 at the 2010 census. Kingsbury is situated 3½ miles west of West Fork Carson River.
Minden
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minden is a city in Nevada located a few miles south of Carson City in the Carson Valley which is east of Lake Tahoe. The town is about 2 miles west of Gardnerville.
West Fork Carson River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Douglas, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“West Fork Carson River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “West Fork Carson”
- Cebuano: “West Fork Carson River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, California)”
- Cebuano: “West Fork Carson River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر غرب فورك كارسون”
- Japanese: “ウエストフォークカーソン川”
- Venetian: “West Fork Carson”
- Welsh: “Afon West Fork Carson”
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