The Guzmán Basin is an
endorheic basin of northern
Mexico and the southwestern
United States. It occupies the northwestern portion of
Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to:
Places
*Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state
**Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state
**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
**Chihuahua Mun ...
in Mexico, and extends into
southwestern New Mexico in the United States.
Notable rivers of the Guzmán Basin are the
Casas Grandes River
The Casas Grandes River is a river of Mexico.
See also
*List of rivers of Mexico
This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses.
Rivers flowi ...
, which empties into Lake Guzmán, the
Santa Maria River, which empties into Lake Santa Maria, the
Carmen River
The Carmen River is a river of Mexico.
See also
* List of rivers of Mexico
References
*Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg).
*The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
*Rand McNally, The New In ...
, and the
Mimbres River of New Mexico.
The Guzmán Basin is home to several
endemic and near-endemic fish species, including the
Chihuahua chub
The Chihuahua chub (''Gila nigrescens'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Chihuahua, Mexico and in New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, se ...
''(Gila nigrescens)'',
Palomas pupfish Palomas may refer to:
Places
* Palomas (Madrid), a ward of the Hortaleza district, Madrid, Spain
* Palomas, Arizona, a community in the United States
* Palomas, Badajoz, Spain, a town
* Palomas, Comerío, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Comerío, a munici ...
''(Cyprinodon pisteri)'',
Whitefin pupfish ''(C. albivelis)'',
Perrito de carbonera
The Carbonera pupfish (''Cyprinodon fontinalis''), also known as the Perrito de carbonera, is a small, endangered species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to springs and associated waters at Bolsón de los Muertos in nort ...
''(C. fontinalis)'', and
Guzmán trout Mexican native trout (in Spanish "Truchas Mexicanas")—Mexican rainbow trout, sometimes Baja rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni'') and Mexican golden trout (''Oncorhynchus chrysogaster'') occur in the Pacific Ocean tributaries of the ...
''(Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni)''.
References
* Ricketts, Taylor H; Eric Dinerstein; David M. Olson; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (1999). ''Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessment.'' Island Press;
Washington, DC.
* Echelle, Anthony A. (2004) "Death Valley Pupfishes, mtDNA Divergence Times and Drainage History" in Reheis, Marith C. (ed.) ''Geologic and Biotic Perspectives on Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Conference Abstracts''. Open-File Report 2005–1404, US Geologic Survey.
*Minckley WL, Miller RR, Norris SM (2002). "Three New Pupfish Species, Cyprinodon (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from Chihuahua, México, and Arizona, USA". ''Copeia'': Vol. 2002, No. 3 pp. 687–7.
*Propst, David L. and Jerome A. Stefferud (1994) "Distribution and Status of the Chihuahua Chub (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Gila nigrescens), with Notes on Its Ecology and Associated Species". ''The Southwestern Naturalist'', Vol. 39, No. 3 (Sep., 1994), pp. 224–234.
* Robert J. Behnke, Trout and Salmon of North America. publisher The Free Press, . Year 2002. pages=115–122, chapter Rainbow trout of Mexico.
Drainage basins of Mexico
Endorheic basins of North America
Endorheic basins of the United States
Landforms of Chihuahua (state)
Landforms of New Mexico
Freshwater ecoregions
Ecoregions of Mexico
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