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normal;">Againahukwa</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Northern_Paiute_language" title="Northern Paiute language">Northern Paiute</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W_Walker_River_from_Emigrant_out_to_Leavitt_Mdws.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/W_Walker_River_from_Emigrant_out_to_Leavitt_Mdws.jpg/300px-W_Walker_River_from_Emigrant_out_to_Leavitt_Mdws.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/W_Walker_River_from_Emigrant_out_to_Leavitt_Mdws.jpg/450px-W_Walker_River_from_Emigrant_out_to_Leavitt_Mdws.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/W_Walker_River_from_Emigrant_out_to_Leavitt_Mdws.jpg/600px-W_Walker_River_from_Emigrant_out_to_Leavitt_Mdws.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">West Walker River near Leavitt Meadows</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walker_Lake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Walker_Lake.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="210" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="210" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Walker River and Walker Lake</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Native name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><span title="Northern Paiute-language text"><span lang="pao" style="font-style: normal;">Againahukwa<sup id="cite_ref-Bengston_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bengston-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Northern_Paiute_language" title="Northern Paiute language">Northern Paiute</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yerington,_Nevada" title="Yerington, Nevada">Yerington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mason,_Nevada" title="Mason, Nevada">Mason</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wabuska,_Nevada" title="Wabuska, Nevada">Wabuska</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Walker_River" title="West Walker River">West Walker River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Walker_River&params=38_08_24_N_119_30_28_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°08′24″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°30′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.14000°N 119.50778°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.14000; -119.50778</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-WFGNIS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WFGNIS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">9,640 ft (2,940 m)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2nd source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Walker_River" title="East Walker River">East Walker River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bridgeport_Valley" title="Bridgeport Valley">Bridgeport Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Walker_River&params=38_11_44_N_119_17_09_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°11′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°17′09″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.19556°N 119.28583°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.19556; -119.28583</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-EFGNIS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EFGNIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">6,570 ft (2,000 m)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source confluence</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yerington,_Nevada" title="Yerington, Nevada">Yerington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Nevada" title="Lyon County, Nevada">Lyon County, Nevada</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Walker_River&params=38_53_35_N_119_10_44_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°53′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°10′44″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.89306°N 119.17889°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.89306; -119.17889</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-GNIS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNIS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,442 ft (1,354 m)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walker_Lake_(Nevada)" title="Walker Lake (Nevada)">Walker Lake</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_Nevada" title="Mineral County, Nevada">Mineral County, Nevada</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Walker_River&params=38_48_56_N_118_44_40_W_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°48′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°44′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.81556°N 118.74444°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.81556; -118.74444</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-GNIS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNIS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,973 ft (1,211 m)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">62 mi (100 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">3,134 sq mi (8,120 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wabuska,_Nevada" title="Wabuska, Nevada">Wabuska, NV</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">164 cu ft/s (4.6 m<sup>3</sup>/s)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">0 cu ft/s (0 m<sup>3</sup>/s)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">3,280 cu ft/s (93 m<sup>3</sup>/s)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Walker River</b> is a river in west-central <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> in the United States, approximately 62 miles (100 km) long. Fed principally by snowmelt from the <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a> of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, it drains an arid portion of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a> southeast of <a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno</a> and flows into the <a href="/wiki/Endorheic_basin" title="Endorheic basin">endorheic basin</a> of <a href="/wiki/Walker_Lake_(Nevada)" title="Walker Lake (Nevada)">Walker Lake</a>. The river is an important source of water for <a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">irrigation</a> in its course through Nevada; water diversions have reduced its flow such that the level of Walker Lake has fallen 160 feet (49 m) between 1882 and 2010. The river was named for explorer <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Reddeford_Walker" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Reddeford Walker">Joseph Reddeford Walker</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Mountain_man" title="Mountain man">mountain man</a> and experienced <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">scout</a> who is known for establishing a segment of the <a href="/wiki/California_Trail" title="California Trail">California Trail</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course">Course</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Walker River is formed in southern <a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Nevada" title="Lyon County, Nevada">Lyon County</a>, 9 miles (14 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Yerington,_Nevada" title="Yerington, Nevada">Yerington</a>, by the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/East_Walker_River" title="East Walker River">East Walker</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Walker_River" title="West Walker River">West Walker</a> rivers. The West Walker River originates at Tower Lake in <a href="/wiki/Mono_County,_California" title="Mono County, California">Mono County, California</a>, 9,623 ft (2,933 m) above sea level in the <a href="/wiki/Stanislaus_National_Forest" title="Stanislaus National Forest">Stanislaus National Forest</a>. It flows north through a rugged canyon which provides the route for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_395" title="U.S. Route 395">U.S. Route 395</a>. It then emerges into <a href="/wiki/Antelope_Valley_(California-Nevada)" title="Antelope Valley (California-Nevada)">Antelope Valley</a>, where some water is diverted to the <a href="/wiki/Topaz_Lake" title="Topaz Lake">Topaz Lake</a> reservoir, enters Nevada in <a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Nevada" title="Douglas County, Nevada">Douglas County</a>, and turns northeast. It flows through Hoye Canyon into Lyon County, then across the <a href="/wiki/Smith_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Smith Valley">Smith Valley</a>, past <a href="/wiki/Smith,_Nevada" title="Smith, Nevada">Smith</a>, and finally through <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Canyon" title="Wilson Canyon">Wilson Canyon</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Mason_Valley_(Nevada)" title="Mason Valley (Nevada)">Mason Valley</a>, where it joins the East Walker.<sup id="cite_ref-ACME_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACME-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The East Walker River also begins in Mono County, California, in the <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport_Valley" title="Bridgeport Valley">Bridgeport Valley</a>, fed by several Sierra streams originating in the <a href="/wiki/Hoover_Wilderness" title="Hoover Wilderness">Hoover Wilderness</a>, including Buckeye, Robinson, Green, and Virginia creeks. After forming the <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport_Reservoir" title="Bridgeport Reservoir">Bridgeport Reservoir</a> at the town of <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_California" title="Bridgeport, California">Bridgeport</a>, the East Walker flows northeast into Nevada in Lyon County, receives Rough Creek, and flows north along the eastern edge of the <a href="/wiki/Toiyabe_National_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Toiyabe National Forest">Toiyabe National Forest</a> before its confluence with the West Walker.<sup id="cite_ref-ACME_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACME-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Below the forks, the Walker River flows initially north through the Mason Valley, past Yerington, into central Lyon County. It turns sharply to the southeast around the north end of the <a href="/wiki/Wassuk_Range" title="Wassuk Range">Wassuk Range</a>, flowing through the <a href="/wiki/Walker_River_Indian_Reservation" title="Walker River Indian Reservation">Walker River Indian Reservation</a> where it is dammed to create Weber Reservoir. It flows past <a href="/wiki/Schurz,_Nevada" title="Schurz, Nevada">Schurz</a>, where most of the remaining water is diverted for irrigation. The river seasonally continues south to empty into Walker Lake, approximately 20 miles (32 km) north-northwest of <a href="/wiki/Hawthorne,_Nevada" title="Hawthorne, Nevada">Hawthorne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ACME_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACME-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Walker River naturally discharged about 461 cubic feet per second (13.1 m<sup>3</sup>/s) of water into Walker Lake, although this varies greatly between wet and dry years. Large irrigation diversions have reduced the average flow into Walker Lake to about 104 cubic feet per second (2.9 m<sup>3</sup>/s).<sup id="cite_ref-watershed_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watershed-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the level of Walker lake has dropped by 160 feet (49 m) between 1882 and 2010, with about 20 feet (6.1 m) of that occurring between 1996 and 2010. The lake has lost more than half its original surface area and 80 percent of its water volume.<sup id="cite_ref-walkerlake_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walkerlake-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Watershed">Watershed</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Watershed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Walker River's <a href="/wiki/Endorheic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endorheic">endorheic</a> <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> covers an area of 3,082 square miles (7,980 km<sup>2</sup>), which is approximately 80 percent of the total Walker Lake watershed of 3,917 square miles (10,140 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">U.S. Geological Survey</a> divides the basin into 4 sub-basins: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Walker_River" title="West Walker River">West Walker</a> of 992 sq mi (2,570 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Walker_River" title="East Walker River">East Walker</a> of 1,080 sq mi (2,800 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Walker River of 1,010 sq mi (2,600 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Lake_(Nevada)" title="Walker Lake (Nevada)">Walker Lake</a> of 835 sq mi (2,160 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Walker River <a href="/wiki/Headwaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Headwaters">headwaters</a> originate along a large section of the <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Crest" title="Sierra Crest">Sierra Crest</a> at elevations of 12,000 feet (3,700 m) or more. The southern boundary of the Walker River drainage basin forms the northern border of <a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Sweetwater_Mountains" title="Sweetwater Mountains">Sweetwater Mountains</a> lie between the West Walker and East Walker rivers, and the <a href="/wiki/Pine_Nut_Mountains" title="Pine Nut Mountains">Pine Nut Mountains</a> lie northwest of the West Walker. The lower <a href="/wiki/Desert_Mountains" title="Desert Mountains">Desert Mountains</a> form the northern edge of the Walker River watershed. The <a href="/wiki/Wassuk_Range" title="Wassuk Range">Wassuk Range</a> lies between the main Walker River watershed and Walker Lake in the east; the Walker River makes a long detour around the north end of the range in order to reach Walker Lake.<sup id="cite_ref-ACME_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACME-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The river irrigates a total of 132,063 acres (53,444 ha), of which about 38 percent is in California and 62 percent in Nevada. Of the irrigated areas, 23 percent are in the Bridgeport Valley (California), 15 percent are in the Antelope Valley (California), 15 percent in the Smith Valley (Nevada), 44 percent in the Mason Valley (Nevada), and 2 percent on the Walker River Indian Reservation.<sup id="cite_ref-watershed_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watershed-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Average annual consumptive use between 1939 and 1993 was 258,000 acre-feet (318,000,000 m<sup>3</sup>), leaving only 76,000 acre-feet (94,000,000 m<sup>3</sup>) to flow to Walker Lake, mostly in wet years such as 1997–98.<sup id="cite_ref-watershed_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watershed-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sedimentary evidence suggests that the Walker River has changed course in the past, flowing northwest through the Adrian Valley from a point near present-day Wabuska into the <a href="/wiki/Carson_River" title="Carson River">Carson River</a>. There were some anecdotal observations of this phenomenon during the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-watershed_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watershed-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During these course changes, the Walker River ceased to flow into Walker Lake, causing it to dry up. Sediment deposits around Walker Lake have happened at least twice in the previous 13,000 years, although this may also have been due to severe drought.<sup id="cite_ref-FWS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first humans to inhabit the Walker River basin may have arrived as early as 11,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-FWS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Walker River was part of the territory of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Paiute_people" title="Northern Paiute people">Northern Paiute people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first European to see the Walker River was probably <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a> fur trapper <a href="/wiki/Peter_Skene_Ogden" title="Peter Skene Ogden">Peter Skene Ogden</a>, who had discovered the <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_River" title="Humboldt River">Humboldt River</a> in 1828 and returned in 1829 to trap <a href="/wiki/North_American_beaver" title="North American beaver">beaver</a> south of the <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Sink" title="Humboldt Sink">Humboldt Sink</a>, although records are scant.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1833, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Walker" title="Joseph R. Walker">Joseph R. Walker</a> led a party sent by Captain <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Bonneville" title="Benjamin Bonneville">Benjamin Bonneville</a> to find a route from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Salt_Lake" title="Great Salt Lake">Great Salt Lake</a> to <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> via the Humboldt River, the Humboldt Sink, the <a href="/wiki/Carson_Sink" title="Carson Sink">Carson Sink</a>, and then up into the Sierra Nevada by either the <a href="/wiki/Carson_River" title="Carson River">Carson River</a> or the Walker River to near the headwaters of the <a href="/wiki/Merced_River" title="Merced River">Merced River</a> and thence down to the <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_River" title="San Joaquin River">San Joaquin River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont" title="John C. Frémont">John C. Frémont</a> named Walker Lake after the trapper, and the United States Geographic Board named the river after Walker in its Fifth Report.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to a very heavy snowpack in the winter of 1996/1997 and a very warm spring, the West Fork of the Walker River flooded to unprecedented levels. Much of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_395_in_California" title="U.S. Route 395 in California">Highway 395</a> for the 30-mile span where it shares a canyon with the river was completely washed away. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>That <a href="/wiki/North_American_beaver" title="North American beaver">North American beaver</a> (<i>Castor canadensis</i>) were once native to the Walker River is evidenced by a 1906 article in the <i><a href="/wiki/Nevada_State_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevada State Journal">Nevada State Journal</a></i> newspaper by newspaper mining writer Fitz-James MacCarthy (aka Fitz-Mac), who stated that the Mason's Valley of the Walker River in <a href="/wiki/Yerington,_Nevada" title="Yerington, Nevada">Yerington</a> was well known to "the early trappers and fur hunters...<a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson" title="Kit Carson">Kit Carson</a> knew it to the bone...The beavers of course were all trapped long ago, and you never see an elk nowadays..."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beaver have since re-colonized the Walker River watershed. </p><p>The Walker River and Walker Lake formerly supported <a href="/wiki/Lahontan_cutthroat_trout" title="Lahontan cutthroat trout">Lahontan cutthroat trout</a> (<i>Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi</i>) or LCT; however, increases in salinity due to the declining water level have decimated the fishery.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last confirmed catch of LCT from Walker Lake was in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-walkerlake_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walkerlake-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A remnant population of LCT are still extant in By-Day Creek, a tributary of the East Walker River. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Riparian_zone" title="Riparian zone">riparian zone</a> of the lower Walker River and its <a href="/wiki/River_delta" title="River delta">delta</a> at Walker Lake provide important habitat for migratory birds.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_music">In music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The popular song <i><a href="/wiki/Darcy_Farrow" title="Darcy Farrow">Darcy Farrow</a></i>, written in 1964, references the Walker River and geographic features from around the associated region in Nevada: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Where the Walker runs down to the Carson Valley Plain </p><p>There lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name </p><p> The daughter of old Dundee and a fair one was she"</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Lyrics from <i><a href="/wiki/Darcy_Farrow" title="Darcy Farrow">Darcy Farrow</a></i></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walker_River&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal">Peaks >14,000 ft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Whitney" title="Mount Whitney">Whitney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Williamson" title="Mount Williamson">Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Palisade" title="North Palisade">North Palisade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Sill" title="Mount Sill">Sill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Russell_(California)" title="Mount Russell (California)">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split_Mountain_(California)" title="Split Mountain (California)">Split</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Langley" title="Mount Langley">Langley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Tyndall" title="Mount Tyndall">Tyndall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Muir" title="Mount Muir">Muir</a></li> 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Edison">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wishon_Dam" title="Wishon Dam">Wishon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtright_Reservoir" title="Courtright Reservoir">Courtright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenaya_Lake" title="Tenaya Lake">Tenaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Pool_Reservoir" title="Mammoth Pool Reservoir">Mammoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Lake_(Madera_County,_California)" title="Bass Lake (Madera County, California)">Bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowley_Lake" title="Crowley Lake">Crowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convict_Lake" title="Convict Lake">Convict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hell_for_Sure_Lake" title="Hell for Sure Lake">Hell for Sure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_Sierra_Nevada" title="Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada">Protected<br /> areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal">National parks<br />and monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Canyon_National_Park" title="Kings Canyon National Park">Kings Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sequoia_National_Park" title="Sequoia National Park">Sequoia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devils_Postpile_National_Monument" title="Devils Postpile National Monument">Devils Postpile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Sequoia_National_Monument" title="Giant Sequoia National Monument">Giant Sequoia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal">National forests</th><td 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Forest">Stanislaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahoe_National_Forest" title="Tahoe National Forest">Tahoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal">Wilderness areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ansel_Adams_Wilderness" title="Ansel Adams Wilderness">Ansel Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bright_Star_Wilderness" title="Bright Star Wilderness">Bright Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucks_Lake_Wilderness" title="Bucks Lake Wilderness">Bucks Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson%E2%80%93Iceberg_Wilderness" title="Carson–Iceberg Wilderness">Carson–Iceberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimney_Peak_Wilderness" title="Chimney Peak Wilderness">Chimney Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinkey_Lakes_Wilderness" title="Dinkey Lakes Wilderness">Dinkey Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domeland_Wilderness" title="Domeland Wilderness">Domeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigrant_Wilderness" title="Emigrant Wilderness">Emigrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Trout_Wilderness" title="Golden Trout Wilderness">Golden Trout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoover_Wilderness" title="Hoover Wilderness">Hoover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishi_Wilderness" title="Ishi Wilderness">Ishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennie_Lakes_Wilderness" title="Jennie Lakes Wilderness">Jennie Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Krebs_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="John Krebs Wilderness">John Krebs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Muir_Wilderness" title="John Muir Wilderness">John Muir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Wilderness" title="Kaiser Wilderness">Kaiser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiavah_Wilderness" title="Kiavah Wilderness">Kiavah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mokelumne_Wilderness" title="Mokelumne Wilderness">Mokelumne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarch_Wilderness" title="Monarch 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Park">Burton Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calaveras_Big_Trees_State_Park" title="Calaveras Big Trees State Park">Calaveras Big Trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._L._Bliss_State_Park" title="D. 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