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Another 3 miles (5 km) or so downstream, the river flows through Beatty and turns south-southeast through the Amargosa Narrows into the Amargosa Desert. At this point, Bare Mountain lies to the left, and the Grapevine and Funeral Mountains of the Amargosa Range lie to the right.
- 185 mi (298 km)
- Death Valley
- Nevada, California
- Pahute Mesa
Oct 10, 2021 · The Amargosa River is the 7th longest river that flows through California and one of the major rivers in the Great Basin. It flows for about 298 kilometers from its source in the Oases Valley in Nye County, Nevada, to its mouth in the Badwater Basin in the Death Valley, California.
- John Misachi
Amargosa River. California. Often called the "Crown Jewel of the Mojave Desert," the Amargosa is the only free-flowing river in the Death Valley region of the Mojave, providing a rare and lush riparian area in the desert. The narrow Amargosa Canyon is known for its dense greenery and the shallow Amargosa River, complete with "hanging gardens ...
Dec 18, 2017 · 69. By Jim Robbins. Dec. 18, 2017. SHOSHONE, Calif. — The Amargosa, a slender thread of a river that flows through a parched landscape, begins with a few springs bubbling out of the ground in the...
Apr 23, 2024 · The river surfaces in a few places, around Beatty and in the Amargosa Canyon south of Tecopa, CA. At times after large rainstorms, the entire course of the river will flow above ground. The Amargosa River and Basin provide unique desert habitats.
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The map at left shows the Amargosa River as it flows from its headwaters north of Beatty, Nevada ( above 4,000-feet elevation in Pahute Mesa in the Nevada Test and Training Range), south into California where the river makes a U-turn and drains into the deep sediments at Badwater in Death Valley below seas level.
