The Copper Mountains is a minor north–south trending mountain range, only 8 miles long in southwestern
Arizona
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in the southwestern
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 Ariz ...
.
The Copper Mountains lie east of
Yuma, Arizona and east of the
Yuma Desert
The Yuma Desert is a lower-elevation section of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and the northwest of Mexico. It lies in the Salton basin. The desert contains areas of sparse vegetation and has notable areas of sand dunes. With ...
; also east of the
Gila and
Tinajas Altas Mountains. It lies on an extensive north-sloping desert plain that drains into the
Gila River floodplain close to its confluence and outlet into the southern
Colorado River
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in the
Lower Colorado River Valley. The
Lechuguilla Desert and Coyote Wash lie west of the mountains; the
Tule Desert lies east. The highest point is Coyote Peak at .
The communities just north at about 10 miles in the Gila River agricultural valley, are
Wellton,
Noah,
Roll
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** Roll (aviation) ...
, and
Tacna
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, Arizona.
The Copper Mountains lie in the western portion of the
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range which is used by the MCAS, the
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma; also 3 miles north of the western end of the
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) is located in southwestern Arizona in the United States, along of the Mexico–United States border. It is bordered to the north and to the west by the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, to the s ...
.
See also
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Valley and range sequence-Southern Yuma County
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List of mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona
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List of mountain ranges of Arizona
There are 210 named mountain ranges in Arizona.This list also includes mountain ranges that are mostly in New Mexico and Sonora, Mexico, that extend into Arizona.
Alphabetical list
The southeast of Arizona, with New Mexico, northwest Chihua ...
*
List of LCRV Wilderness Areas (Colorado River)
{{Mountains of Arizona
Mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert
Mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona
Mountain ranges of Arizona