Zuni River

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Coordinates: 34°38′44″N 109°40′28″W / 34.64556°N 109.67444°W / 34.64556; -109.67444
Zuni River
Country United States
States Arizona, New Mexico
County Cibola, McKinley, Valencia, Apache
Source confluence of Rio Pescado and Rio Nutria
 - location near Black Rock, Zuni Indian Reservation, New Mexico
 - elevation 6,535 ft (1,992 m) [1]
 - coordinates 35°06′38″N 108°42′56″W / 35.11056°N 108.71556°W / 35.11056; -108.71556 [2]
Mouth Little Colorado River
 - location Hunt Valley, Arizona
 - elevation 5,407 ft (1,648 m) [2]
 - coordinates 34°38′44″N 109°40′28″W / 34.64556°N 109.67444°W / 34.64556; -109.67444 [2]
Location of the mouth of the Zuni River in Arizona

The Zuni (Zuñi) River is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in the southwestern United States. It has its origin in Cibola County, New Mexico, at the Continental Divide, flowing generally in a southwesterly direction through the Zuni Indian Reservation to join the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona. The Zuni River is approximately 90 miles long (about 145 km).

The Zuni River is one of the last remaining habitats of the Zuni bluehead sucker.[3]

The Zuni River is sacred to the Zuni people.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Zuñi River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. February 8, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Zuni Bluehead Sucker". Center for Biological Diversity. May 3, 2004. Retrieved November 30, 2012. 

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