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Valleys of the Central Nevada Desert Basins. Three valleys are on the southwest Nevada border; one is in the Walker Lake Basin. Death Valley is in the middle, not of the central deserts. Northeast is the Antelope Valley (California-Nevada) into the East Walker River. The other 2 valleys are south of Las Vegas, on the north perimeter of the Mojave National Preserve of California – Pahrump Valley & Ivanpah Valley.

Some of the Central Nevada Desert Basins are on the south or southwest perimeter of the Humboldt River watershed-(basin).

List of valleys and basins

 * Antelope Valley (Eureka County)
 * Big Smoky Valley
 * Buffalo Valley-Pleasant Valley (Nevada)
 * Butte Valley (Nevada)
 * Cactus Flat-Antelope Dry Lake
 * Ralston Valley
 * Clover Valley
 * Dixie Valley-Edwards Creek Valley
 * Edwards Creek Valley
 * Emigrant Valley
 * Fish Lake Valley
 * Goshute Valley
 * Toano Draw
 * Indian Springs Valley
 * Ione Valley
 * Jakey Valley
 * Kawich Valley-(south of Railroad Valley)
 * Long Valley (Nevada)
 * Pleasant Valley (Nevada)
 * Sand Spring Valley-Tikaboo Valley
 * Sarcobatus Flat
 * Smith Creek Valley
 * Spring Valley (Nevada)
 * Tikaboo Valley
 * White River Valley
 * Cave Valley

Category:Dry Lake Watershed

 * Dry Lake Valley-(Delamar Valley-endorheic)

Category:Gabbs Watershed

 * Gabbs Valley

Category:Hot Creek-Railroad Watershed

 * Hot Creek Valley
 * Railroad Valley
 * Kawich Valley-borders south

Category:Ivanpah-Pahrump Watershed

 * Ivanpah Valley
 * Pahrump Valley
 * Perimeter valley:-Eldorado Valley

Category:Little Smoky-Newark Watershed

 * Little Smoky Valley
 * Newark Valley

Endorheic valleys on the basins borders

 * (south region)-Antelope Valley (Lander County)
 * Cirac Valley
 * Delamar Valley
 * Stewart Valley-(southwest-Pahrump Valley

Some valleys and their Nevada locations
The Central Nevada Desert Basins subregion (USGS Huc 1606) is a contiguous set of 15 Great Basin watersheds that drain into Nevada. The perimeter drainage divide of the subregion includes a serpentine section of the Great Basin Divide near the Utah state line (triple point with Great Salt Lake & Lower Colorado-Lake Mead subregions) to the California state line (Piute Watershed).

Triple Divide Points-Eldorado Valley divide transect
The excursion of the Great Basin Divide-(see new map at Central Nevada Desert Basins), from the Spring Mountains, then to (north)-Ivanpah Valley-(north of Roach Dry Lake & Ivanpah Lake, further south), then to (endorheic) Eldorado Valley, results in a series of Triple Points, abbr. TP; they occur mostly around Eld. Valley. ( ? )

Known probable points (terminal points at each end of 2-divide sections)

(from Spring Mtns)-The GRT-BASIN-DIV passes thru North Ivanpah Valley-(Las Vegas Wash Watershed-north; Ivanpah-Pahr Watershed-south, (ends at Roach Lake, adjacent the water divide-(i.e. GRT-BASIN-DIV))


 * -TP-1-(north McCullough Range)--1. Ivanpah-Pahrump Watershed(Ivan. Val.)-W & SW; --2. Las Vegas Watershed-NW & N; Eldorado Watershed-W & SW


 * 2-divide section **Las Vegas Watershed-N; Eldorado Watershed-S

2 extra-? Triple Points, if a 2-divide section between 1. Eldorado Valley, 2. Colorado River (Havasu-Mohave Lakes Watershed)


 * -TP-2-(north Eldorado Mountains)--1. Las Vegas Watershed-NW; 2. Eldoroado Val-W & SW; 3. Havasu-Moh Lakes Watershed-E


 * 2-divide section **Eldorado Valley-W, Havasu-Moh Lakes Watershed-E


 * -TP-3-(south Eldorado Mountains) (new article required) for Highland Range (Clark County) TP-S is the Searchlight Pass East (Highland-Eldorado Nountains)


 * 2-divide section **Eldorado Valley-N, (east)-Piute Wash Watershed-S


 * -TP-4-McCullough Mountain-[(south)-McCullough Range]-1. Eldorado Valley Watershed-NW; 2. Piute Wash Watershed-SE; 3. IvanpahVal..(Ivanpah-Pahrump Watershed)-W

Category:Central Nevada Desert Basins