Salitral Creek, is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

of the

Rio Puerco The Rio Puerco is a tributary of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico. From its source on the west side of the Nacimiento Mountains, it flows about ,Calculated in Google Earth generally south to join the Rio Grande about south of B ...

, in

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Rio Arriba County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,246. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla. Its northern border is the Colorado state line. Rio Arriba County comprises the Española, N ...

. Its mouth is located at its confluence with the Rio Puerco, below the populated place of

Arroyo Del Agua, New Mexico Arroyo Del Agua, is a populated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It lies at an elevation of along the north bank of the Rio Puerco, above its confluence with its tributary Salitral Creek. History Arroyo Del Agua, is menti ...

at an elevation of . Its source is at at an elevation of 8,800 feet, in the

San Pedro Mountains The Sierra Nacimiento (official name), or Nacimiento Mountains, are a mountain range in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. They are just west of the more prominent Jemez Mountains near the town of Cuba, and are separated from ...

. Salitral means in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

, "place where saltpeter alitreis found." ''saltral'', definition from Diccionario Enciclopédico Vox 1. © 2009 Larousse Editorial, S.L.
from The Free Dictionary, es.thefreedictionary.com accessed February 8, 2016.

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Rivers of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Rivers of New Mexico Old Spanish Trail (trade route) {{NewMexico-river-stub