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Two lakes are found in Chinle Valley. Many Farms Lake is located on Sheep Dip Creek at Many Farms, Arizona, about 1.5-mi [4] from the Chinle Wash. Just northeast, and 3-mi southeast of Round Rock, Arizona is Round Rock Reservoir, located on Navajo Route 12, and between Lukachukai Creek (from the Lukachukai Mountains, 7-mi east), and Agua Sal Creek, from the northwest Chuska Mountains (the ...
The Chinle Formation is part of the Colorado Plateau, Basin and Range, and the southern section of the Interior Plains. [1] A probable separate depositional basin within the Chinle is found in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah. The southern portion of the Chinle reaches a maximum thickness of a little over 520 meters (1,710 ft).
The Shinarump Conglomerate is a highly resistant coarse-grained sandstone and pebble conglomerate [1] (minor or major conglomerates are a typical base layer after unconformities or disconformities; the Shinarump is a major conglomerate) with rare lenses of mudstone, sometimes forming a caprock because of its hardness, cementation, and erosion resistance. [2]
The Puerco River is the plateau's border on the south and southeast; at the northwest, the Black Mesa is the northwest border, and the north of the Defiance Plateau is bounded by the south of the Chinle Valley, where Chinle Creek flows north to meet the San Juan River in southeast Utah. Map of Little Colorado River watershed.
Precipitation runoff from this irregularly-shaped mesa's slopes drains into Agua Sal Wash and Chinle Wash which are part of the San Juan River drainage basin. [2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 700 feet (213 meters) above the surrounding terrain of Chinle Valley in one-quarter mile (0.4 km). The nearest higher neighbor is ...
Its mouth is in the Chinle Valley at its confluence with Chinle Wash which together forms Chinle Creek, at an elevation of 4,774 feet (1,455 meters). Chinle Creek is a tributary of San Juan River which is in turn a tributary of the Colorado River. [2]
Chinle Creek; Chinle Valley; Church Rock (Arizona) Chuska Mountains; Clear Creek (Little Colorado River tributary) Cly Butte; Navajo Nation Council Chamber; Cummings ...
The Gila River, a tributary of the Colorado along the width of southern Arizona, and its valley can be traced on a map of Arizona. The Gila forms the boundary between various counties in Eastern Arizona.