Indian Springs Pass
Indian Springs Pass, is a mountain pass 40-mi (64 km)[1] northwest of Las Vegas in northwest Clark County, Nevada.
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| Coordinates | 36°34′23″N 115°40′31″W |
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| Location | Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada, United States |
The pass is in a region of converging landforms of various watersheds, valleys, and mountain ranges; specifically it lies on the north perimeter of the Ivanpah-Pahrump Watershed-(Pahrump Valley). The endorheic Indian Springs Valley[2] watershed lies due north, and the endorheic Three Lakes Valley is adjacent east.
Description of water divide regions
The following landforms converge at the Indian Springs Pass region:
- 1–(north)-Pahrump Valley-Spring Mountains, extends due south, (Pahrump Valley, of west watershed)
- 2–Spring Mountains-SE
- 3–Indian Springs Valley & Watershed, (endorheic)-N
- 4–south playas, south Three Lakes Valley (Nevada)-E & SE
The south playas of Three Lakes Valley, are on the northwest, up-basin perimeter of the Las Vegas Valley.
References
- Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c.2010, pp. 65, 70.
- Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 65, 70.
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