Carson Desert

The Carson Desert is a desert in the Lahontan Basin and the desert valley of Churchill County, Nevada (U.S.), which receives an average 5 inches (130 mm) annual precipitation.^[2] The desert is the low valley area (including the Carson Sink in the north of the valley) between the adjacent mountain ranges,^[3] while the larger watershed includes the interior slopes of the demarcating ranges.^[4] The desert was inundated by Lake Lahontan during the Pleistocene, and the watershed became part of Nevada's Conservation Security Program in 2005.^[5]

Carson Desert
Timothy H. O'Sullivan's portable studio in the Carson Desert in 1867.
Area	2,150 sq mi (5,600 km2) [1]
Geography
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	central Lahontan subregion of the Great Basin
Borders on	N: Humboldt Basin E: Central Nevada Desert Basins S: Walker River Basin W: Middle Carson Watershed NW: northern Lahontan subregion
Coordinates	39.980°N 118.841°W / 39.980; -118.841