Amargosa

The Amargosa River begins in Oasis Valley and winds south through the Mojave Desert before turning toward Death Valley. Much of its water travels beneath the surface, emerging at springs and in stretches of canyon where trees and other plants grow amid the dry hills. The river is part of the ancestral homelands of the Timbisha Shoshone, Southern Paiute and Chemehuevi peoples. Its scattered waters supported life along a route through a desert where open streams are rare.