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Childs Valley
The Childs Valley is a valley in the Sonoran Desert of south-central Arizona northwest of Ajo. Upstream sections are located in far western Pima County; downstream it merges into the Gila River Valley in southwestern Maricopa County. Upstream, the valley lies northeast and parallel to the Growler Valley and Growler Mountains.''Ajo, Arizona-Sonora'' 1x2 degree Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982''Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 4th ed., 2001, p. 64, Description Childs Valley is northwest trending. The west part of the upper valley contains Daniels Wash which flows north, then west at the north end of the Growler Mountains to meet Growler Wash, the upstream, southern region of the San Cristobal Valley watershed. The eastern part of the upper Childs Valley contains Childs Wash, the western tributary to the Tenmile Wash watershed. The Childs Wash drains the northwest of the Little Ajo Mountains, where Ajo, Arizona is on its east. The east of the Little Ajo's are drained by Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It is the hottest desert in both Mexico and the United States. It has an area of . In phytogeography, the Sonoran Desert is within the Sonoran Floristic province of the Madrean Region of southwestern North America, part of the Holarctic realm of the northern Western Hemisphere. The desert contains a variety of unique endemic plants and animals, notably, the saguaro (''Carnegiea gigantea'') and organ pipe cactus (''Stenocereus thurberi''). The Sonoran Desert is clearly distinct from nearby deserts (e.g., the Great Basin, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts) because it provides subtropical warmth in winter and two seasons of rainfall (in contrast, for example, to the Mojave's dry summers and cold winters). This creates an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila River Valley
The Gila River Valley is a multi-sectioned valley of the Gila River, located primarily in Arizona. The Gila River forms in western New Mexico and flows west across southeastern, south-central, and southwestern Arizona; it changes directions as it progresses across the state, and defines specific areas and valleys. The central portion of the river flows through the southern Phoenix valley region (the '' Salt River Valley'' joins the Gila River Valley in this area), and the final sections in southwestern Arizona form smaller, irrigated valleys, such as Dome Valley, Mohawk Valley, and Hyder Valley. Two mountain ranges are named for the Gila River: the Gila Mountains (Graham County) bordering the Gila River Valley, northeast of Safford; the Gila Mountains (Yuma County) border the Gila River Valley before the Gila River joins its confluence with the Colorado River; that range is east of Yuma and the Fortuna Foothills. Graham County The Gila Valley begins as a 35-mile (56 km) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valleys Of Arizona
A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacier, glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glaciation, glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In karst, areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place cave, underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from tectonics, earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Valley (Arizona)
The Park Valley of Arizona is a small, northwest by southeast trending valley centered on the Gila River in central-east Yuma County. The southeast border of the valley is the northern Sentinel Plain of Maricopa County which drains northwestwards toward the Gila River Valley. Interstate 8 is on the south perimeter of the valley, with towns on I-8 of Dateland in the southwest, Aztec on the center-south, and further east, Sentinel on the southeast. Tenmile Wash, of the ''Tenmile Wash Watershed'' has its outfall on the Gila River on the southwest of Park Valley. The coordinates for Dateland, Arizona Dateland is both a CDP and a populated place in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is in an area well known for date palm dates. Dateland has the ZIP Code of 85333; in 2000, the population of the 85333 ZCTA was 852. The community is par ..., on the southwest border of Park Valley are various web links for Dateland (based on Wikipedia article Dateland) 32, 47,47-N, 113,32, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguila Mountains
Águila or Aguila is Spanish for "eagle". It may refer to: Places *El Aguila, Valle del Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia *Aguila, Arizona, United States Ships * Chilean brigantine ''Águila'' (1796), the first ship of the Chilean Navy * SS ''Aguila'', a British passenger liner built in 1917 and sunk in 1941 Firearms * .17 PMC/Aguila, a type of ammunition cartridge * Aguila Ammunition, a Mexican Ammunition manufacturer Other uses * Águila, a beer made by Bavaria Brewery in Colombia * C.D. Águila, a Salvadoran football club * Compañía Mexicana de Petróleo El Aguila SA, a former Mexican oil company, now Pemex * El Aguila, a character in the Marvel Comics universe * Mr. Águila (born 1978), Mexican professional wrestler * ''Aguila'' (film), a 1980 Filipino film People *Aguila Saleh Issa (born 1944), Libyan jurist and politician *Chris Aguila (born 1979), American major league baseball player *Cynthia del Águila (born 1959), Guatemalan teacher and politician *Jua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crater Range
Crater may refer to: Landforms *Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet *Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surface **Subsidence crater, a depression from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion *Pit crater, a crater that forms through sinking of the surface and not as a vent for lava *Volcanic crater, a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity **Caldera, a large cauldron-like depression formed following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir **Maar, a type of volcanic crate caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion **Volcanic crater lake, including a list of lakes that formed in a volcanic or impact crater Music * ''Crater'' (Daniel Menche and Mamiffer album), 2016 *Crater (Fission album), 2004 Places *Crati or Crater, a river of southern Italy *Crater, California, U.S. *Crater (Aden), a district of the Aden Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Ajo Mountains
The Little Ajo Mountains is a mountain range in southern Arizona, in extreme western Pima County, Arizona. The city of Ajo sits on the northeast of this small mountain range. Both the mountain range and city take their name from the Spanish word for garlic. The range is a 13 by 13-mile (21 by 21-km) long range and is connected loosely northwest to Childs Mountain a northwest-southeast small mountain at the south of Childs Valley. Ajo, is in the center-east of the range, and is famous for the New Cornelia open pit copper mine located in the Little Ajo Mountains. The peaks in the Little Ajo Mountains include the isolated Black Mountain which lies to the south of Ajo and has a peak elevation of . Cardigan Peak at lies in the main mountain mass to the west of Ajo. Ajo Peak at and North Ajo Peak are isolated peaks to the southwest of Ajo. Camelback Mountain at lies just south of Ajo and overlooks the New Cornelia pit just to the east. The Batamote Mountains lie to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growler Wash
Growler may refer to: Places * Growler Mine Area, Arizona, United States People * "Growler" (calypsonian), Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian singer Errol Duke, also "The Mighty Growler" * "The Growler", a nickname for Irish hurler Sean Daly Fictional characters * Growler, a house robot in ''Robot Wars'' * Growler, a unit type in '' VOR: The Maelstrom'' * Officer Growler, a character from ''The Getalong Gang'' Groups, organizations, companies * The Growlers, an American band * Growler Manufacturing and Engineering, an American manufacturing firm * Kalamazoo Growlers, a collegiate summer baseball team * Newfoundland Growlers, a minor league ice hockey team Technology * Growler (electrical device), a device for testing electric motors * Growler, a sound-powered telephone used on U.S. Navy ships * S-400 missile system or SA-21 Growler, a surface-to-air missile Vehicles * M1161 Growler, a military light ground vehicle * Avro Shackleton, a military aircraft of the RAF and the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growler Mountains
The Growler Mountains is a 23-mile, (37-km) long north-south trending mountain range of far western Pima County, Arizona that lies west of Ajo, Arizona. This desert region of southern Arizona lies in the north and central Sonoran Desert, and is one of the drier desert areas of North America. The highest peak of the Granite Mountains is Unnamed at and is located in the south; Growler Peak is located at the north end of the range at . The Growler Range has the distinction of being on a water divide between two northwest-draining washes to the Gila River. The Growler's are at the headwaters of Growler Valley west of the range which is the southeast drainage to the San Cristobal Wash. The north end of the range is south and southwest of Childs Valley which is part of the ''Tenmile Wash Drainage''. The two drainages are at the beginning of the Gila River's turn from going south-to-west and exiting southwest Arizona with its confluence with the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona- Wint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. Southern Arizona is known for its desert cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maricopa County, Arizona
Maricopa County is in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,420,568, making it the state's most populous county, and the fourth-most populous in the United States. It contains about 62% of Arizona's population, making Arizona one of the most centralized states in the nation. The county seat is Phoenix, the state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States. Maricopa County is the central county of the Phoenix-Mesa- Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Office of Management and Budget renamed the metropolitan area in September 2018. Previously, it was the Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale metropolitan area, and in 2000, that was changed to Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale. Maricopa County was named after the Maricopa Native Americans. Five Native American Reservations are located in the county. The largest are the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (east of Scottsdale) and the Gila River Indian Community (so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growler Valley
The Growler Valley is a valley of south-central Arizona west of Ajo, Arizona. Growler Valley is a 65-mile (105-km) long valley paralleling the Growler Mountains on the east-(attached to the Little Ajo Mountains), and the Granite Mountains on the west. Most of Growler Valley is located in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, with part located in the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range. The Growler Wash transits the valley northwesterly, and turns west to meet the San Cristobal Wash at the north end of the Granite Mountains. The Growler Valley is the southeast portion of the ''San Cristobal Wash Watershed'' and drains from the north perimeter of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Drainages south flow into northern Sonora, Mexico. The northwesterly-flowing San Cristobal drainage disappears into the ground before reaching the Gila River Valley. The Growler Valley & Growler Mountains are located at 32.2428-N, 113.0279-W.Growler Mountains, trails.com. Access to Growl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
