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The Gila River has its source in western New Mexico, in Sierra County on the western slopes of the Continental Divide in the Black Range. It flows southwest through the Gila National Forest, the Gila Wilderness, and the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, then westward into Arizona, past the town of Safford.
The Gila River is a 649-mile-long tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of nearly 60,000 square miles, but has declined to only 247 cubic feet per second. Overview. Map.
Gila River, river rising in southwestern New Mexico, U.S., in the Elk Mountains, near the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. The river, draining 58,100 sq miles (150,500 sq km), flows 630 miles (1,015 km) west and southwest over desert land to the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona.
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The Gila River, which stretches across the two US states of New Mexico and Arizona, flows more than 600 miles. As a tributary of the Colorado River, the Gila River is fed by six significant tributaries. The river’s three main forks, which are the West Fork, Middle Fork, and East Fork, lie within the Black Range on the Continental Divide. After orig...
The spring season sees the snow on the Sky Islands and the Mogollon Rim mountains melt. This leads to the gradual and predictable flow of the Gila River and its tributaries. By early summer, the vast majority, if not all, of the snow on these mountains melts. The river’s flow is heavily reduced down to a mere trickle, especially towards the end of ...
The Gila River has been exposed to many agriculture and human settlements throughout history. For instance, the indigenous Hohokam people succeeded in constructing complex civilizations along the banks of the Middle Gila River. This was achieved by creating hundreds of miles of irrigation canals that drew their water from the Gila River itself. The...
The Gila River passes through several iconic ecosystems, such as the massive cottonwood and willow forests as well as the arid Sonoran Desert. As such, the river’s waters provide vital habitats for a wide variety of organisms, many of which are found nowhere else. This includes over 300 species of migratory bird species, as well as several that are...
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The Gila River recreation area is located along the Gila River and SR 77 between the Town of Winkelman and Globe in Gila County, Arizona. It is approximately 70 miles north of Tucson and 100 miles southeast of Phoenix.
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Gila River is a river in Buckeye, AZ in Estrella Mountain Regional Park, Sonoran Desert, Robbins Butte Wildlife Area, Gila River Indian Reservation, Chihuahuan Desert. View a map of this area and more on Natural Atlas.
