Piute Valley

Piute Valley
Piute Valley
	View west over the middle Piute Valley, Piute Range in distance
	Piute Valley Piute Valley; in Nevada and California
Length	45 mi (72 km) N-S
Width	10 mi (16 km) E-W
Geography
Country	United States
States	Nevada; California;
Regions	Mojave Desert; Mojave National Preserve; Lower Colorado River Valley;
Districts	Clark County, NV; San Bernardino County, CA;
Population centers	Cal-Nev-Ari, NV; Searchlight, NV;
Borders on	Piute Range; Newberry Mountains (Nevada); Dead Mountains; Interstate 40 in California;
Coordinates	35°18′12″N 114°52′51″W
River	Piute Wash

The Piute Valley is a 45-mile-long (72 km) north–south valley southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and northwest of Needles. The north of the valley is at Searchlight, with some of the valley extending northwest from Searchlight. At the center-north lies Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada.

The second valley southeast of Las Vegas borders to the north, the endorheic Eldorado Valley, with its dry lake. The next watershed north is the Las Vegas Wash Watershed.

The northeast portion of the Mojave National Preserve makes up the northwestern region of the Piute Valley, at a four-valley water divide point.

The Piute Valley Watershed is the first watershed southeast of Las Vegas–Lake Mead to meet the Colorado River; the Piute Wash outfall with the Colorado River is in California at Needles. The mountain ranges south of Lake Mead, bordering the river and Lake Mohave are part of the Havasu-Mohave Lakes Watershed.

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