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List of mountain ranges of California; List of mountain ranges of Nevada; List of mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley; List of mountains and hills of Arizona by height; List of rivers of Arizona; List of valleys of Arizona; Madrean Sky Islands/ Sky island, a biome region of SE Ariz, SW New Mex, and Northern Mexico proper.
Sentinel Peak is a 2,897 ft (900 m) peak in the Tucson Mountains southwest of downtown Tucson, Arizona, United States. The valley's first inhabitants grew crops at the mountain's base, along the Santa Cruz River. The name "Tucson" is derived from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon ([tʃʊk ʂɔːn]), meaning "the base [of the mountain] is black".
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Between these two ranges is Happy Valley, a popular destination for locals for camping, hunting, and off-roading. Farther east is the San Pedro River of the San Pedro Valley, a holocene paleontology region. South of the Rincon Mountains, beyond Rincon Valley is the Cienega Creek and Interstate 10.
The mountain ranges, which poke through the lengthy desert plains surrounding them, can rise above 9,000 feet (2,700 m), and create biological islands inhabited by cool-climate plants and animals. [2] The geology of the Basin and Range is the result of crustal extension of the North American plate. Due to the crustal extension, the area of the ...
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is located on the west flank of the Tucson Mountains. Much of the range is protected by Saguaro National Park and Tucson Mountain Park, run by Pima County. Old Tucson Studios are located just west of the Tucson Mountains. Tucson Mountain Park was established in April 1929.
The mountain range is the most prominent in the Tucson area, with the highest average elevation. The highest point in the Catalinas is Mount Lemmon at an elevation of 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea level and receives 18 inches (460 mm) of precipitation [ 1 ] annually.
The regional major and minor mountain regions called Madrean Sky Islands, the sky islands region of southeast Arizona, extreme southwest New Mexico, and northern Sonora, Mexico, the north extension of the Sierra Madre Occidental, the western cordillera of northern and western Mexico.