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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.
Santa Cruz River (Spanish: Río Santa Cruz) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz.The Santa Cruz begins at the shore of the Viedma and Argentino Lakes, of glacial origin and located in the Los Glaciares National Park, and runs 385 kilometres (239 mi) eastwards before reaching the Atlantic Coast, 350 kilometres (217 mi) north of the southern tip of South America, creating a delta.
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.
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 ...
The storm was only the immediate cause of the damage, with continuous quarrying along the Santa Cruz River cited as the primary cause. The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said that while the quarry operations were located beyond the dam's 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) radius, the continuous collection of rocks in the lower portion of the area ...
The Cañada del Oro ultimately feeds into the Santa Cruz River just northwest of Tucson, the principal watershed channel in the Tucson valley. Historically, the Cañada del Oro was the focus of significant interest in gold mining , beginning with Spanish explorers in the 17th century.
The Pescadero-Butano watershed is the largest coastal watershed between the Golden Gate and the San Lorenzo River. The watershed's two principal streams, Pescadero Creek and Butano Creek, which have their confluence in Pescadero Marsh, drain 81 square miles (210 km 2 ) of the Santa Cruz Mountains. [ 5 ]
Pilarcitos Creek (Spanish for: Little Pillars or Pillaries Creek) is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km) [3] coastal stream in San Mateo County, California, United States, that rises on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains and descends through Pilarcitos Canyon [4] to discharge into the Pacific Ocean Half Moon Bay State Beach.