Sheep Creek is a long
tributary
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of the
Bruneau River
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. Beginning at an elevation of
east of
Owyhee in northern
Elko County, Nevada
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, it flows generally north into
Owyhee County, Idaho
Owyhee County ( ) is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,913. The county seat is Murphy, and its largest city is Homedale. In area it is the second-largest county in I ...
and the
Owyhee Desert
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Geography
An arid region of canyons, volcanic rock, sagebrush and grass makes u ...
, where it is roughly paralleled by
Idaho State Highway 51. It then flows to its mouth in the
Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness,
at an elevation of .
In 2009, of the creek were designated as
wild
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by the
Omnibus Public Land Management Act
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, which also created the Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness.
See also
*
List of rivers of Idaho
*
List of longest streams of Idaho
A total of seventy streams that are at least long flow through the U.S. state of Idaho. All of these streams originate in the United States except the Kootenai River (third-longest) and the Moyie River (thirty-first-longest), both of which begi ...
*
List of rivers of Nevada
List of rivers of Nevada (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Great Basin
* Amargosa River
*Carson River
*Humboldt River
** Little Humboldt ...
*
List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers
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References
Rivers of Owyhee County, Idaho
Rivers of Elko County, Nevada
Rivers of Idaho
Rivers of Nevada
Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States
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