Hiko Springs, also spelled Hyko Springs, is a

natural spring A spring is a point of exit at which groundwater from an aquifer flows out on top of Earth's crust (pedosphere) and becomes surface water. It is a component of the hydrosphere. Springs have long been important for humans as a source of fresh w ...

located at the farming community of

Hiko Hiko may refer to: * Hiko, Nevada * the male or gender neutral version of Hime * Hiko (juggling), juggling in Tongan dance, see Ula (dance) * Mount Hiko , is a mountain on the border between Fukuoka Prefecture and Ōita Prefecture in Kyūsh� ...

, in Lincoln County, eastern

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, 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 southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

, United States. Its cool water flowing from the hillside spring supports the existence of the desert community. Hiko Springs flows beyond the spring for about in the northern end of the

Pahranagat Valley The Pahranagat Valley is a Tonopah Basin landform in Lincoln County, Nevada. The more fertile part of Pahranagat Valley is a narrow ribbon of green (no more than wide) like an oasis in the vast Nevada desert. It is approximately long running nor ...

. It also supplies irrigation water for valley farms there, and for

riparian A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks ar ...

habitats in the Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area. It fills the small Nesbitt Lake and Frenchie Lake within the Nevada state wildlife preserve.

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