Carrizo Valley is a
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or 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 ove ...
between the
Vallecito Mountains
The Vallecito Mountains are located in the Colorado Desert, in eastern San Diego County, Southern California. They are about north of the U.S. border with Mexico.
Geography
The mountains lie in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in an east–west ...
and
Carrizo Badlands to the north and the
Tierra Blanca Mountains,
Jacumba Mountains
The Jacumba Mountains are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges system, located in eastern San Diego County, Southern California, near the U.S. border with Mexico.
The mountain range lies in a northwest-southeasterly direction, east of the I ...
and
Coyote Mountains on the south, in
San Diego County, California. Its mouth is at an elevation or . Its source is at an elevation of 1,315 feet at at the mouth of the narrow
Carrizo Canyon Carrizo Canyon is a canyon in San Diego County, California. Its mouth is at an elevation of . It heads at in the mouth of Carrizo Gorge
Carrizo Gorge is a valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mount ...
where Vallecito Creek passes between the Tierra Blanca Mountains and Vallecito Mountains.
References
Valleys of San Diego County, California
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