Carson River

Carson River

      river formed by headstreams in the Sierra Nevada, California, U.S. The Carson flows 125 miles (200 km) northeast into western Nevada, where it disappears into the Carson Sink. Together with the Truckee and Walker rivers, the Carson serves extensive irrigation and reclamation projects; its lower course is dammed for power and irrigation.

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