slgwv's photos with the keyword: Horse Creek

Looking west out the mouth of Horse Creek Canyon in the Santa Rosa Range, extreme northern Nevada. Yes, that's agriculture out there in the middle of the valley, mostly alfalfa from pumped groundwater I would guess. The Quinn River is another landlocked drainage, flowing from southern Oregon into the north end of the Black Rock Desert. Like most "rivers" in this area, it's really just a creek.

Really. That is driftwood stuck up on the sides of this canyon, from an enormous flood back in the (IIRC) 80s. The water was running 30 feet or so deep thru here--and the speed of the current must have been enormous! Horse Creek Canyon, Santa Rosa Range, Nevada.

Sceloporus spp., either the western sagebrush lizard ( S. vanderburgiansis ) or the western fence lizard ( S. occidentalis ). Along the Horse Creek trail, Santa Rosa Range, Nevada.

Horse Creek, flowing westward out of the Santa Rosa Range, in extreme northern Nevada. This drainage was dry when the satellite view was taken.

Looking east (upstream); Mt. Augusta (9966 ft/3038 m) on the skyline in the distance. Clan Alpine Range, Nevada. Off the "Loneliest Road" section of US 50 thru central Nevada.

Nevada, USA. Looking east; Clan Alpine Mountains in the distance.