List of mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona
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A list of mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona
. Yuma
, Arizona–Winterhaven
, California is on the Colorado River
in the southern section of the Lower Colorado River Valley
.
Adjacent notable towns at this confluence of California–Arizona, and Baja California Norte–Sonora, Mexico are Los Algodones
, Baja California, and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
Yuma County, Arizona
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*70.4% White*2.0% Black*1.6% Native American*1.2% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.8% Two or more races*20.8% Other races*59.7% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
. Yuma
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....
, Arizona–Winterhaven
Winterhaven, California
Winterhaven is a census-designated place in Imperial County, California. Winterhaven is located east of Pilot Knob, The population was 394 at the 2010 census, down from 529 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area'...
, California is on the Colorado River
Colorado River
The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...
in the southern section of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Lower Colorado River Valley
The Lower Colorado River Valley is the river region of the lower Colorado River of the southwestern United States in North America that rises in the Rocky Mountains and has its outlet at the Colorado River Delta in the northern Sea of Cortez in northwestern Mexico, between the states of Baja...
.
Adjacent notable towns at this confluence of California–Arizona, and Baja California Norte–Sonora, Mexico are Los Algodones
Los Algodones, Baja California
Los Algodones, Baja California, is a small Mexican town located on the extreme northeastern tip of the municipality of Mexicali, approximately west of Yuma, Arizona, USA. Its official name is Vicente Guerrero, although most people use Algodones when referring to it. It reported a population of...
, Baja California, and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
Alphabetical list
- Agua Caliente Mountains–Yuma County
- Aguila Mountains–Yuma County
- Bryan MountainsBryan MountainsThe Bryan Mountains are a small mountain range in the northwestern Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona. The range is located in southeastern Yuma County, about 75 mi southeast of Yuma and about 35 mi west of Ajo. The range is approximately ten miles long and about three miles wide at...
–Yuma County - Butler Mountains–Yuma County
- Cabeza Prieta MountainsCabeza Prieta MountainsThe Cabeza Prieta Mountains are a mountain range in the northwestern Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona. It is located in southern Yuma County, Arizona....
–Yuma County - Castle Dome MountainsCastle Dome MountainsThe Castle Dome Mountains are a mountain range in Yuma County, Arizona, within the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Castle Dome peak, the high point of the range, is a prominent and distinctive landmark. The peak is high, and is located at . Castle Dome was named by American soldiers at old Fort...
–Yuma County - Copper MountainsCopper MountainsThe Copper Mountains is a minor north-south trending mountain range, only 8 miles long in southwestern Arizona in the southwestern Sonoran Desert....
–Yuma County - Gila Mountains (Yuma County)Gila Mountains (Yuma County)The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwestern Sonoran Desert.The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain system, about 26 miles long; the fault-blocked mountain range is attached on the south to the Tinajas Altas Mountains...
–Yuma County - Kofa MountainsKofa MountainsThe Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
–N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County) - Laguna Mountains (Arizona)Laguna Mountains (Arizona)The Laguna Mountains are a small, approximately circular mountain range of extreme southwest Arizona at the northeast of Yuma and east of Winterhaven, California on the Colorado River...
–Yuma County (see also: Laguna MountainsLaguna MountainsThe Laguna Mountains are a section of the Peninsular Ranges in eastern San Diego County, California. The mountains run in a northwest/southeast alignment for approximately ....
(Calif)) - ( Little Horn Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County) )
- Middle Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- Mohawk MountainsMohawk MountainsThe Mohawk Mountains is a mountain range in the northwest Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona. It abuts the western Gila River valley to the north, and is located in southern Yuma County, Arizona and is part of an eleven mountain range–three valley region...
–Yuma County - Muggins MountainsMuggins MountainsThe Muggins Mountains is a mountain range in southwest Arizona east of Yuma, Arizona, northeast of the Gila Mountains , and east of the Laguna Mountains...
–Yuma County - ( New Water MountainsNew Water MountainsThe New Water Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona. The range is on the northern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge as well as the northern Kofa Mountains.It is a northwest-southeast trending range, about 20 miles long...
–S. La Paz County -- (connected to Kofa MountainsKofa MountainsThe Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
, N. Yuma County) ) - Palomas Mountains–Yuma County
- Sierra Arida–Yuma County
- Sierra de la Lechuguilla–Yuma County
- Sierra PintaSierra PintaThe Sierra Pinta or Sierra Pintas are a narrow remote block faulted northwest-southeast trending mountain range, about long located in southwestern Arizona in the arid northwestern Sonoran Desert, just north of the Pinacate Reserve of northern Sonora, Mexico...
–Yuma County - Tank MountainsTank MountainsThe Tank Mountains are a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona; the range is part of the eastern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge....
–Yuma County - Tinajas Altas Mountains–Yuma County
- Tule MountainsTule MountainsThe Tule Mountains is a mountain landform in Yuma County, Arizona. There is a diverse flora and fauna population within the Tule Mountains; one of the notable trees found in this mountain range is the Elephant tree, Bursera microphylla.- References :...
–Yuma County
See also
- Valley and range sequence-Southern Yuma CountyValley and range sequence-Southern Yuma CountyThe Valley and range sequence-Southern Yuma County is a 3-Valley sequence of NW–by–SE trending block faulted valleys and mountains...
- List of mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert