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  2. Lower Colorado River Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Colorado River watershed; the LCRV arbitrarily starts south of Lake Mead, at Hoover Dam in Nevada. The Lower Colorado River Valley ( LCRV) is the river region of the lower Colorado River of the southwestern United States in North America that rises in the Rocky Mountains and has its outlet at the Colorado River Delta in the northern Gulf of ...

  3. Santa Rita Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Santa Rita Mountains ( O'odham: To:wa Kuswo Doʼag ), located about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Tucson, Arizona, extend 26 miles (42 km) from north to south, then trending southeast. They merge again southeastwards into the Patagonia Mountains, trending northwest by southeast. The highest point in the range, and the highest point in the ...

  4. List of Arizona wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Lightning sparked fire burns 3 miles northwest of Golden Valley, Arizona. Lightning Grassland / Forb / Pinyon-Juniper Mohave 12,000 0 0 0 2009 Hyde Fire: Slow moving fire in the Prescott National Forest. Lightning Mixed Conifer / Chaparral Yavapai 245 0 0 0 2009 Pioneer Fire: Near the Pioneer Pass Campground 8 miles south of Globe, Arizona.

  5. Star Valley, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Star Valley is located in northern Gila County at (34.254353, -111.257165). It is bordered to the west by the town of Payson. Arizona State Route 260 passes through Star Valley, leading west 4 miles (6 km) into Payson and east 85 miles (137 km) to Show Low.

  6. Coachella Valley - Wikipedia

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    Traversed by. Interstate 10. The Coachella Valley ( / koʊˈtʃɛlə, koʊ.ə -/ koh-CHEL-ə, koh-ə-) [1] is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County. The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area [2] due to the historic prominence of the city of Palm ...

  7. Sierrita mine - Wikipedia

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    2007. The Sierrita Mine is a large copper mine located in the Sierrita Mountains of Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States. The mine is located in southern Pima County, southwest of Tucson and west of Green Valley - Sahuarita . Originally developed as an underground mine in 1907, the Sierrita open pit has been in operation since ...

  8. Gila River Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Gila Valley of Yuma County, Arizona is a small valley surrounding the Gila River at its confluence with the Colorado River, the Colorado being the border between California and Arizona, and locally southwest of Yuma – Baja California, and Sonora states, Mexico . The valley extends only 10 miles (16 km) from its confluence to the northern ...

  9. Battle of Shok Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Shok Valley, also known as Operation Commando Wrath, was a joint U.S.-Afghan raid designed to kill or capture Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) in the Shok Valley of Nuristan Province of Afghanistan on 6 April 2008. [2] Ten soldiers [3] belonging to U.S Army special forces and their combat cameraman ...