Chuckwalla Valley

Chuckwalla Valley
Valley
View of the Chuckwalla Valley region at Desert Center, California
Country United States
State California
Region (southeast)-Mojave Desert
County Riverside County, California
Borders on Palen Lake & Palen Valley-NNW
Palen Mountains-N
McCoy Mountains-NE
Palo Verde Mesa &
Palo Verde Valley-E
Little Chuckwalla Mountains &
Mule Mountains-SE
Chuckwalla Mountains-SW & S
Eagle Mountains-W
Desert Lily Preserve &
Coxcomb Mountains-NW
Communities Desert Center, CA-(at west);
Eagle Mountain, CA-(at west-northwest)
Coordinates 33.640856°0′0″N 115.0188589°0′0″W / 33.64086°N 115.01886°W / 33.64086; -115.01886Coordinates: 33.640856°0′0″N 115.0188589°0′0″W / 33.64086°N 115.01886°W / 33.64086; -115.01886
Lowest point Ford Lake
 - location Ford Lake
 - elevation 110 m (361 ft)
Length 48 mi (77 km), WNW-ESE
Width 16 mi (26 km), (widest at center south with Ford Lake)
Chuckwalla Valley in southeast California

The Chuckwalla Valley is a large valley in eastern Riverside County, California, named for a large lizard, the chuckwalla found in the arid Southwestern United States deserts.

The region of the valley in southeast California, is the low elevation section of the Mojave Desert transitioning into the Colorado Desert, the northwest extension (in California) of the Sonoran Desert. The region is notable for valleys containing bajadas, sand dunes, and intermittent, dry, or saline lakes. Chuckwalla Valley contains Ford Lake (Ford Dry Lake)[1] in the east-southeast; Palen Lake (Palen Dry Lake) occurs in the center-northwest, at the south terminus of the smaller, north-south Palen Valley.

The south end of the valley expands slightly northwest-by-southeast, and contains Danby Dry Lake, a 13-mi (21 km)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Coordinates of southeast end of Chuckwalla Valley, topozone.
Ford Dry Lake
The west-to-east extent of Chuckwalla Valley
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