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Goodsprings Valley is a basin in Clark County, Nevada. It lies at an elevation of 3,566 feet / 1,087 meters between the Spring Mountains to the northwest and southwest and the Bird Spring Range to the northeast. Goodsprings Valley drains southeast into the Ivanpah Valley. The valley is the location of the town of Goodsprings, Nevada in the midst of the basin. [1]

Drainage basin Area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water. The drainage basin includes all the surface water from rain runoff, snowmelt, and nearby streams that run downslope towards the shared outlet, as well as the groundwater underneath the earth's surface. Drainage basins connect into other drainage basins at lower elevations in a hierarchical pattern, with smaller sub-drainage basins, which in turn drain into another common outlet.

Clark County, Nevada County in the United States

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Spring Mountains Mountain range of Southern Nevada, United States

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Coordinates: 35°49′35″N115°25′05″W / 35.82639°N 115.41806°W / 35.82639; -115.41806

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

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