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South Fork Humboldt River

River in South Fork State Recreation Area, Humboldt NF, Ruby Mountains Wilderness, Great Basin, South Fork Reservation in NV

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The South Fork of the Humboldt River has its origins in a fan-shaped group of canyons draining the western slopes of the Ruby Mountains in northeastern Nevada. These headwaters run from Ruby Dome south to King Peak, and include Echo, Box, Kleckner, North Furlong, Long, Segunda, Drown, and Rattlesnake Canyons. Streams draining these canyons exit the mountains and converge at an elevation of 5,775 feet (1,760 m), near the town of Lee and within the tribal lands of the Te-Moak tribe of the South Fork Band of the Western Shoshone. Continuing its northwest course, the river merges with the flow of Huntington Creek, passes through the historic area of Twin Bridges, and then enters the more recent South Fork Reservoir, State Park, and South Fork Dam dating from 1988. It then passes though South…

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