Coyote Wash
| Coyote Wash[1] | |
| River | |
| Country | USA |
|---|---|
| State | California |
| Region | Imperial County |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | South Fork Coyote Wash |
| - right | Palm Canyon Wash |
| Source | eastern slope of Jacumba Mountains |
| - elevation | 1,830 ft (558 m) |
| - coordinates | 32°42′06″N 116°02′46″W / 32.70167°N 116.04611°W |
| Mouth | terminus of the wash into the sands west of New River. |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 32°48′35″N 115°48′04″W / 32.80972°N 115.80111°WCoordinates: 32°48′35″N 115°48′04″W / 32.80972°N 115.80111°W |
| Length | 22 mi (35 km) |
Coyote Wash, an arroyo, and ephemeral stream or wash running east from the Jacumba Mountains through Coyote Wells where it broadens into a wide sandy wash, and passes to the north of Plaster City, toward the New River, where it sinks into the sands just below sea level, in the Yuha Desert in Imperial County, California.[2]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coyote Wash
- ↑ Plaster City, CA, Painted Gorge, CA and In-Ko-Pah Gorge, CA, USGS Topographic maps]
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