- Sevier River
The Sevier River (pronEng|sɛˈviːr) is a river, approximately 280 mi (450 km) long, in southwestern
Utah in theUnited States . It drains an extended chain of farming valleys in the mountains separated by narrow canyons, emerging into the desert of western Utah to empty into the intermittentSevier Lake .Description
The river drains an area of 5,500 square miles (14,245 square km), forming a large horseshoe in southern Utah. It is the longest river entirely within the state.
It rises in northwestern Kane County along the western side of the
Paunsaugunt Plateau , and flows northward into Garfield County through an extended valley beside the plateau past Hatch and Panguitch.Along the Garfield-Piute county line it descends through the narrow 5 mi (8 km)
Circleville Canyon , emerging into a second valley southwest of Junction, where it receives the East Fork from the east and passes through thePiute Reservoir . It flows north across Piute County to Marysvale then descends through 8 mi (13 km)Sevier Canyon , emerging south of Sevier. It then flows northeast past Richfield and Salina. Approximately 20 mi (32 km) southwest of Nephi it turns west, flowing around the north end of theCanyon Mountains into theSevier Desert , flowing southwest past Delta and into Sevier Lake in central Millard County, along the western side of theCricket Mountains .It is impounded in southwestern Juab County at the north end of the valley to form the 20-mi (32 km) long
Sevier Bridge Reservoir . The river is used extensively forirrigation in its upper valley in the mountains, resulting in a severe diminishing of the level of Sevier Lake, such that it is now essentially dry. The watershed demarcates the southeastern edge of theGreat Basin .The river was known to the
Paiute who inhabited the region as "Seve'uu". It was named "Rio Severo" (wild river) by early Spanish explorers.ee also
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List of rivers in the Great Basin
*List of Utah rivers External links
* [http://www.sevierriver.org/ Sevier River Water Users Association]
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