- Lower Colorado River Valley
The Lower Colorado River Valley ("LCRV") is the river region of the lower
Colorado River of thesouthwestern United States inNorth America that rises in theRocky Mountains and has its outlet at theColorado River Delta in the northernSea of Cortez in northwesternMexico , between the states ofBaja California andSonora . This north–south stretch of the Colorado River forms the border between theU.S. state s ofArizona andCalifornia , and Arizona andNevada ; also between the Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora.It is commonly defined as the region from below
Hoover Dam andLake Mead to its outlet at the northernGulf of California (Sea of Cortez); it includes the Colorado River proper, canyons, the valley, mountain ranges withwilderness area s, and the floodplain and associatedriparian environments. It is home torecreation activities from theriver , thelake s created bydam s,agriculture , and the home of various cities, communities, and towns along the river, or associated with the valley region. Five Indian reservations are located in the LCRV: the Chemehuevi, Fort Mojave andColorado River Indian Reservation s; at Yuma are theQuechan andCocopah reservations.The LCRV, a desert region
Some of the highest
desert temperatures-(of North America) are recorded in the LCRV, rivalingDeath Valley ; specifically Bullhead City, Laughlin, Needles, Yuma, or the southeast deserts of California, west of the Colorado River. The LCRV is defined by three deserts. TheMojave Desert is in southeast California, southern Nevada, and northwest Arizona. To the south is theSonoran Desert on both sides of the Colorado River. However an ecozone delineation occurs in the transition from Arizona to southeast California; consequently the western side of the Colorado River is defined as the western Sonoran Desert and given the nameColorado Desert ; the ecozone of this western Sonoran Desert extends south into the northwest region of Sonora, Mexico and the extreme northeast of northern Baja California, Mexico.List of major cities and commmunities
*Laughlin, Nevada in
Clark County, Nevada
*Needles, California inSan Bernardino, California
*Bullhead City, Arizona
*Mojave Valley, Arizona
*Vidal, California
*Parker, Arizona
*Blythe, California
*Quartzite, Arizona
*Winterhaven, California inImperial County, California
*Yuma, Arizona inYuma County, Arizona
*San Luis, Arizona
*San Luis Río Colorado , SonoraComplete list of towns, areas, etc, north to south
*"NEVADA–CALIFORNIA–BAJA CALIFORNIA side"
*Laughlin
*—
*—
*Needles
*—
*—
*Blythe-Quartzsite
*—
*Winterhaven
*Los Algodones, Baja California
*Colorado River Delta (at Gulf of California)
*"ARIZONA–SONORA side"
*Cottonwood Cove, Arizona
*Bullhead City
*Mohave Valley, inMohave County, Arizona
*Parker
*Bill Williams River
*
*Quartzsite, inLa Paz County, Arizona
*Ehrenberg
*Cibola
*
*Yuma inYuma County, Arizona
*San Luis Río Colorado , Sonora
*Colorado River Delta (at Gulf of California)ee also
*
Rio Grande , the eastern river valley drainage of the Southwest USA
**Rio Grande Valley
*
**
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.