White River (Nevada)


The White River is a small and discontinuous river located in southeastern Nevada notable for several endemic species of fish.
White River was named after F. A. White, a 19th-century explorer.

Course

The river begins at the Great Basin Divide in the White Pine Range near Ely, where it is fed by snow melt and springs from Currant Mountain. It passes by Preston and Lund, flowing south through the White River Valley more-or-less continuously for about. Along the way it receives water from various springs on the slopes of the Grant Range to the west and the Egan Range to the east. It supplies a string of reservoirs in the Sunnyside area, the largest being Adams-McGill Reservoir. State Route 318 runs mostly parallel to the river.
The river channel is dry for some distance, then the water flows again in the Pahranagat Valley for about, from the vicinity of Hiko and Crystal Springs, passing close by Alamo, feeding Upper Pahranagat Lake and the marshes between it and the lower lake. The channel continues into Coyote Springs Valley, becoming the Pahranagat Wash, which in turn connects to the Muddy River and thence to Lake Mead.
Many of the springs supplying the river are now used for irrigation, and a number of the springs have temperatures over.

Fish

The White River system features several endemic fish species:
Also named for the area is the White River mountainsucker subspecies.