Sheep Creek is a long
tributary
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of the
Bruneau River
The Bruneau River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. tributary of the Snake River, in the U.S. states of Idaho and Nevada. It runs through a narrow canyon cut into ancient lava flows in south ...
. Beginning at an elevation of
east of
Owyhee in northern
Elko County, Nevada
Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County.
Elko County is the fourth ...
, 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 12,133. The county seat is Murphy, and its largest city is Homedale. In area it is the second-largest county in Idah ...
and the
Owyhee Desert
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Geography
An arid region of canyons, volcanic rock, sagebrush and grass makes up ...
, where it is roughly paralleled by
Idaho State Highway 51
State Highway 51 (SH-51) is a state highway in southwestern Idaho from Mountain Home south to the Nevada border, where it continues as State Route 225 to Elko. It is the major north–south road in Owyhee County.
As currently configured in ...
. It then flows to its mouth in the
Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Bruneau may refer to:
Places
*Bruneau, Idaho, a town in the United States
*Bruneau Dunes State Park, Idaho
*Bruneau River, in Idaho
Other uses
*Bruneau (surname)
*Bruneau Restaurant, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Brussels
See also
*Bruno (disa ...
,
at an elevation of .
In 2009, of the creek were designated as
wild
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* Wild animal
* Wilderness, a wild natural environment
* Wildness, the quality of being wild or untamed
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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
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Idaho.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Pacific Ocean
*''Columbia River (WA)''
**Snake River
***Palouse ...
*
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 beg ...
*
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 Ri ...
*
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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