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The Santa Cruz River east of Nogales just after re-entering the United States from Mexico. The Santa Cruz has its headwaters in the high intermontane grasslands of the San Rafael Valley to the southeast of Patagonia, Arizona, between the Canelo Hills to the east and the Patagonia Mountains to the west, just north of the international border.
The Néstor Kirchner Dam, formerly known as Condor Cliff Dam, is a concrete-face rock-fill dam being built on the Santa Cruz River about 180 km (110 mi) west of Puerto Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It was renamed after the former president Néstor Kirchner, born in Santa Cruz.
Sonoita Creek is a tributary stream of the Santa Cruz River in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.It originates near and takes its name from the abandoned Pima mission in the high valley near Sonoita.
The San Lorenzo River watershed drains 138 square miles (360 km 2). The Branciforte Creek watershed is a major sub-basin of the San Lorenzo catchment-basin. The Newell Creek tributary was dammed to create Loch Lomond, a reservoir which supplies drinking water to Santa Cruz, California.
It includes land in both Pima County and Santa Cruz County. [2] Plans for a National Heritage Area in the Santa Cruz watershed began in the early 2000s, [3] and were first introduced to state legislature in 2007. [4] The area was made official in 2019 after the passing of the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. [5]
The Santa Cruz River of New Mexico is a tributary of the Rio Grande at Española, New Mexico. The Santa Cruz River valley is the site of El Santuario de Chimayo, a mission chapel built by early Spanish colonists of the Santa Fe area. [1] [2] Santa Cruz River at NM 98 below the Rio Quemado confluence, looking east
"Ballona Watershed Map". The Ballona Creek watershed totals about 130 square miles (340 square kilometers). According to a 1948 report in the Venice Evening Vanguard, "The total area drained by Ballona Creek consists of 86 square miles (220 km 2) square miles of coastal plain and 74 square miles (190 km 2) of foothills and plain range from sea level to 250 feet (76 m) and in the mountains from ...
River ecosystems are flowing waters that drain the landscape, and include the biotic (living) interactions amongst plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (nonliving) physical and chemical interactions of its many parts. [1] [2] River ecosystems are part of larger watershed networks or catchments, where smaller headwater streams ...