Definition: The Quinn River originates in the Santa Rosa Range north of Winnemucca, Nevada. If flows west through a gorge in the mountains to its eventual end at a sink on the Black Rock Desert playa. The area is north of Gerlach, Nevada, and in the vicinity of the area where Burning Man is held.
Pronunciation: kwin
Also Known As: River of the Lakes - name used by Peter Skene Ogden in 1828.
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The Quinn River ends at a sink in the Black Rock Desert.
