Palisade Canyon is a canyon along the

Humboldt River The Humboldt River is an extensive river drainage system located in north-central Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in the Jarbidge, Independence, and Ruby Mountains in Elko County, to its terminus in th ...

in northern Eureka County,

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, United States.

Description

The canyon runs along the Humboldt River roughly between State Route 278 upstream (about south–southwest of Carlin), and a point about west of Beowawe and State Route 306 downstream (about east–southeast of Battle Mountain). The Humboldt River, rather than flowing into the ocean, eventually loses all its water to evaporation in the

Humboldt Sink The Humboldt Sink is an intermittent dry lake bed, approximately 11 mi (18 km) long, and 4 mi (6 km) across, in northwestern Nevada in the United States. The body of water in the sink is known as Humboldt Lake. The sink and it ...

, and stream-gage measurements undertaken by the

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suggest that Palisade Canyon is the point where the river's flow ceases to increase and begins to decrease. The canyon was named from a fancied resemblance to the Hudson River Palisades.

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Canyons and gorges of Nevada This category contains canyons in the U.S. state of Nevada. Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the ...

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