The Agua Caliente Mountains are a small range in eastern Yuma and western

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counties in southwest

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. The community of Hyder is on the north side of the range adjacent to the

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rail line and Hyder Road. The community of Agua Caliente lies on the south flank of the range and the

Gila River The Gila River (; O'odham ima Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of n ...

lies to the south. The highest point is Morris Peak at rising above the surrounding desert plain in the northwest part of the range in Yuma County.Hyder, Arizona 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1965

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