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meandering mountain stream -- west walker river, nevada -- a tributary of the Walker River, approximately 95 miles long, in eastern California and western Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the Sierra Nevada range along the California-Nevada border in the watershed of Walker Lake in the Great Basin. The river derives its name from Joseph R. Walker, a mountain man and experienced scout. He established the segment of the California Trail, the primary route for the emigrants to the gold fields during the California gold rush, from Fort Hall, Idaho to the Truckee River. The Walker River and Walker Lake in Nevada were named for him by John C. Frémont. The river rises from snowmelt in the Sierras of northwestern Mono County, north of Yosemite National Park approximately 20 miles south-southwest of Walker in the Emigrant Wilderness. In January 1997 a record-setting flood along the West Walker River destroyed 10 miles of U.S. 395. This section of road was rebuilt in six months.

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