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Location of mouth. Location; Country: Mexico: State: Sonora: Physical characteristics; ... Río Sonora (Sonora River) is a 402-kilometer-long river of Mexico.
Sonora River; W. Whitewater Draw; Y. Yaqui River This page was last edited on 27 July 2021, at 21:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It is the hottest desert in Mexico. [3]
The Sonora River crosses the municipality from north to south, but its water flow is irregular. Aconchi lies on the main highway linking state capital Hermosillo with Cananea. There is a modest spa called Aguas Termales de Aconchi, located a few kilometers to the north, which has tourist potential.
On Aug. 6, 2014, after heavy rainfall, 10 million gallons (40 million liters) of acidified copper sulfate flooded from a waste reservoir at Buenavista mine into the Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers ...
Several theories exist as to the origin of the name "Sonora". One theory states that the name was derived from Nuestra Señora, the name given to the territory when Diego de Guzmán crossed the Yaqui River on the day of Nuestra Señora del Rosario ("Our Lady of the Rosary"), which falls on October 7 with the pronunciation possibly changing because none of the indigenous languages of the area ...
Part of Los Ajos-Bavispe National Forest Reserve is adjacent. This is one of Mexico's oldest protected areas, created almost 70 years ago. The reserve was created to preserve eight mountain tops, or "sky islands," and to protect the watersheds of three important Sonoran rivers: the Rio Sonora, the Bavispe River (which is a tributary to the Yaqui River), and the San Pedro River.
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