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The Fuerte River is a river in the state of
Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
, in northwestern Mexico. It flows from headwaters in the
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to the
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in the
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.


Course

It begins at the junction of the Rio Verde (also called the Rio San Miguel) and
Urique River The Urique River is a river of Mexico, forming part of the Copper Canyon. 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 i ...
, in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range. It flows generally southwest for a distance of , with its
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on the
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at Lechuguilla Island, west of the city of
Los Mochis Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population. Los Mochis is th ...
. Miguel Hidalgo
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impounds the river near the town of
El Fuerte El Fuerte (Spanish: "The Fort") may refer to: * El Fuerte de Samaipata, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolivia * El Fuerte, Sinaloa, a city of Sinaloa, Mexico * El Fuerte, a character in the ''Street Fighter'' video game series Fuerte may also ...
creating the state's largest
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, Embalse de Gustavo Diaz Ordaz.http://www.eosnap.com/?tag=fuerte-river Earth Snapshot website, accessed 17 September 2009 The water is used extensively for agricultural irrigation in northern
Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
and southern
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
states.


Features

The river is surrounded by large
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plantations which produce the fruits mainly for export to the United States. The former capitol of Sinaloa,
Sinaloa de Leyva Sinaloa de Leyva () is a town in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Its geographical location is . The town was founded on 30 April 1583 as Villa de San Felipe y Santiago de Sinaloa by Don Pedro de Montoya. In 1585 the second foundation of the town ...
, is on the river in the Fuerte River Valley, in the Sierra Madre Occidental foothills.


See also

*
Copper Canyon Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is in size. The canyons were formed by six rivers th ...
— ''the world's largest canyon system, formed by the six rivers that are the headwaters of the Fuerte River.'' *
List of longest rivers of Mexico Among the longest rivers of Mexico are 26 streams of at least . In the case of rivers such as the Colorado River, Colorado, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. In the case of the Grijalva River, Grijalva and Usum ...


References

Rivers of Sinaloa Rivers of the Gulf of California Rivers of the Sierra Madre Occidental Rivers of Mexico {{Mexico-river-stub