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Central, E, S, and SE Ariz: Gila River drainage SW Gila washes: SW: one sixth of state as dry-wash or desert W (+NW – Kingman), (into Colorado River): Bill Williams River (and Big Sandy River) 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 ...
Overdraft from the Gila River system prompted the construction of the Central Arizona Project, which delivers some 1,500,000 acre-feet (1.9 km 3) annually from the Colorado River to supplement water supplies in the basin. [17] The upper Gila River, including its entire length within New Mexico, is a free-flowing one.
The Gila River forms the Wilderness area's southern boundary as it cuts through the mountains in three narrow, 1,000-foot (304.8 m) deep canyons known as the Needle's Eye. A deep riparian zone covers the narrow river channel, forming the southern boundary of this area. Several small slickrock canyons bisect the Wilderness and connect to the ...
The Gila River Valley is a multi-sectioned valley of the Gila River, located primarily in Arizona. The Gila River forms in western New Mexico and flows west across southeastern, south-central, and southwestern Arizona; it changes directions as it progresses across the state, and defines specific areas and valleys.
Eagle Creek is a 58.5-mile-long (94.1 km) [1] river located 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Clifton, Arizona, United States, at the base of the White Mountain Range. It is a tributary of the Gila River .
Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area is a National Conservation Area located along the Gila River in southern Graham and Greenlee counties in southeastern Arizona in the United States. Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the conservation area is approximately 23,000 acres (93 km 2) in size. Campgrounds and hiking trails are ...
Gila County (/ ˈ h iː l ə / HEE-lə) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. [1] The county seat is Globe. [2] Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is included in the greater Phoenix–Mesa, AZ combined statistical area.
Rafting the Gila River is popular in the spring when water levels in the river are high due to snowmelt in the higher mountains. Because it is a wilderness, visitors must minimize their impact on the natural environment by observing the Leave No Trace principles. An alternate to the official Continental Divide Trail (CDT) follows the canyon of ...