Three Lakes Valley (Nevada)
Three Lakes Valley is a 25-mile (40 km) long,[1] partially endorheic valley in southwest Lincoln County and northwest Clark County, Nevada. The southwest of the valley has a narrowing with washes that flow south into the watershed of the Las Vegas Valley, a tributary to Lake Mead–Colorado River watersheds.
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  Three Lakes Valley | |
| Length | 25 mi (40 km) |
| Width | 8 mi (13 km) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Indian Springs, Nevada |
| Borders on | Pintwater Range-W East Desert Range-NE Desert Range-SE Las Vegas Valley-S & SW Spring Mountains-S & SW |
| Coordinates | 36.8801367°N 115.4476833°W |
Description
Three Lakes Valley is short, only about 25 mi long, mostly north-south trending. The valley exits southwestwards between the foothills of perimeter mountains.
The bordering mountain ranges are the Pintwater Range, arc-shaped and north-south trending, on the west. The eastern borders of the valley are mostly the East Desert Range in the east and northeast; in the extreme southeast lies the northern areas of the Desert Range, where washes exit on the west to flow into the northwest-by-southeast Las Vegas Valley.
The Dog Bone Lake lakebed comprises about half the valley. Short washes mark the east and west valley perimeter; a longer string of washes extend northwest into a narrowing watershed source, between the convergence of the northern Pintwater Range and the northwest of the East Desert Range.
References
- Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 66-67.
Dog Bone Lake (lower right)