The Meadow Valley Wash is a southern Nevada stream draining the Meadow Watershed that is bordered on 3 sides by the Great Basin Divide

Great Basin Divide

The Great Basin Divide is the western continental divide that separates the Great Basin from the Pacific Ocean watershed. The water divide is the perimeter of the largest set of contiguous endorheic watersheds of North America, including six entire USGS watershed subregions...

. The wash's Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,165. Its county seat is Pioche.-History:...

 headpoint is in the Wilson Creek Range

Wilson Creek Range

The Wilson Creek Range is a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada....

, and the wash includes 2 upper confluences (e.g., the Patterson Wash). Panaca

Panaca, Nevada

Panaca is a town in eastern Lincoln County, Nevada, on State Route 319, about 1 mile east of U.S. Route 93, near the border with Utah. Its elevation is 4,729 feet .-History:...

 is along the upper wash, and downstream of Caliente

Caliente, Nevada

Caliente , formerly known as Culverwell and Calientes is a town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. Its elevation is 4,300 feet . The population was 1,123 at the 2000 census...

 is the wash's confluence with its east fork. Just prior to the junction with the Muddy River

Muddy River

The Muddy River, formerly known as the Moapa River, is a short river located in the southern part of the state in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is in the Mojave Desert, approximately 60 miles north of Las Vegas.-Geography:...

, the wash flows from Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,165. Its county seat is Pioche.-History:...

 into northeastern Clark County

Clark County, Nevada

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...

. It flows into the Muddy in the Moapa Valley just west of Glendale

Glendale, Nevada

Glendale is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The community is an elevation of ....

 adjacent to Interstate 15

Interstate 15 in Nevada

In the U.S. State of Nevada, Interstate 15 begins in Primm, continues through Las Vegas and it crosses the border with Arizona in Mesquite. The freeway runs entirely in Clark County. Many motorists use Interstate 15 to visit Las Vegas, as it is the only primary Interstate Highway in the city. The...

 approximately 40 miles (64.4 km) northwest of Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

.

In addition to the Wilson Creek Range, the watershed's drainage divide is in the Delamar Mountains

Delamar Mountains

The Delamar Mountains is a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada, named after Captain Joseph Raphael De Lamar. The range's crest forms part of the Great Basin Divide between the Meadow Watershed and the Dry Lake Watershed, which includes Delamar Dry Lake and Delamar, Nevada....

 (to the west) and the Meadow Valley Range (east). The northern tip of the watershed is a triple watershed point with 2 Great Basin

Great Basin

The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America and is noted for its arid conditions and Basin and Range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than away at the...

 subregions, the Central Nevada Desert Basins & the Escalante-Sevier subregion.

History

William Andrews Clark

William Andrews Clark

William Andrews Clark, Sr. was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads.-Biography:...

's 1903-1910 railroad that linked Pioche and Panaca

Panaca, Nevada

Panaca is a town in eastern Lincoln County, Nevada, on State Route 319, about 1 mile east of U.S. Route 93, near the border with Utah. Its elevation is 4,729 feet .-History:...

operated through the wash until washed out by flooding.