List of mountain ranges of the LCRV

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This is a List of mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley.

This doubled list has the North–South running Colorado River sectioned into the west side of the river vs. the east side. The east side of the Colorado River is represented by the state of Arizona. The west side of the river is represented by southern Nevada, southeast California, and a very small portion of northwestern Mexico, represented by Sonora, Mexico.

[edit] West-bank, East-bank mountain ranges

The numbered Mountain ranges abut the Colorado River proper, and are somewhat arbitrary. (Though the river flows north to south, a few ranges are East–West, or Northwest–Southeast, per the original Basin and Range faulting.)

West Bank–Colorado Riv. .. Mojave Desert (Boulder City, Nevada) 1–El Dorado Mountains–Nevada El Dorado Canyon, (Nelson, Nev.) 2–Newberry Mountains (Nevada) Pyramid Canyon 3–Piute Range–Calif/Nevada Lanfair Valley, Piute Range–Calif/Nevada New York Mountains-(Mojave National Preserve)–Calif/Nevada .. Turtle Mountains4–Sacramento Mountains (California) Chemehuevi Valley Turtle Mountains,5–-Whipple Mountains Turtle Mountains,5.5–Nopah Range-Vidal Valley .. 6–Riverside Mountains Sand dunes,--Rice Valley Big Maria Mountains Little Maria Mountains,7–Big Maria Mountains 8–McCoy Mountains Palo Verde Valley 9–Mule Mountains (California) .. .. 10–Chuckwalla Mountains 11–Chocolate Mountains ... .. 12–Imperial Dam Long Term Visitor Area=Senator Wash Hills Algodones Dunes 13–Cargo Muchacho Mountains Colorado Desert–W. Sonoran Des. .. West Bank–Colorado Riv.

East Bank–Colorado Riv. Lake Mead Black Mtns: Mount Wilson (5445 ft) Detrital Plain, White Hills 1–Black Mountains, Cerbat Mountains Black Canyon of the Colorado Sacramento Valley 2–Black Mesa (mountains), Hualapai Mountains Mohave Valley, 2.5–Black Mesa (Black Mountains) 3–Mohave Mountains Dutch Flat Dutch Flat, McCracken Mountains, Poachie Range Rawhide Mountains Bill Williams River and the Big Sandy River (Arizona)-(Kingman, Arizona) 4–Buckskin Mountains Buckskin Mountain State Park Cactus Plain La Posa Plain, Plamosa Mountains 5–Dome Rock Mountains, Harcuvar Mountains Kofa Mountains Castle Dome Mountains 6–Trigo Mountains, Chocolate Mountains (Arizona) Castle Dome Plain United States Army Yuma Proving Ground Laguna Mountains (Arizona)7–Muggins Mountains Gila River Laguna Mountains (Arizona) Yuma Desert 8–Gila Mountains, Tinajas Altas Mountains, Lechuguilla Desert Sonoran Desert Reserva de la Biosfera el Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar East Bank–Colorado Riv.

The western route parallelling the Colorado River, covers more plains, of the Colorado Desert/Mojave Desert, rising to, and down from various mountain passes, (for example south of Needles, California(the Sacramento Mountains (California)), or Searchlight, Nevada). Only washes drain from the west into the Colorado River.

[edit] See also

• List of regions of the United States
• List of mountain ranges of Nevada
  • List of Arizona state parks
  • List of Wildlife Refuges of the LCRV