Tributaries
The Las Vegas Valley's flows drain into Lake Mead and the Colorado River system. Elevations in the valley range from 11,918 feet at Charleston Peak in the Spring Mountains to about 1,500 feet at the eastern edge of the valley.
The valley is drained to the southeast by the Las Vegas Wash and its tributaries (listed below). One would expect that a desert environment would be dry and void of surface water, but there are flows year round in the Wash and many of its tributaries due to the increased urban development.
The tributaries to the Las Vegas Wash are:
- Las Vegas Creek
- Red Rock Wash
- Flamingo Wash
- Tropicana Wash (drains into the Flamingo Wash)
- Duck Creek, *Pittman Wash (drains into Duck Creek)
- C1 Channel
- Sloan Channel
- Range Wash (drains into Sloan Channel)
- Monson Channel
- Tropicana Ave Floodway (also known as the D14 Channel).
Visit the Tributaries Photo Gallery to view individual photos of each Las Vegas Wash tributary.
Do your part to keep the water entering these tributaries clean.