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List of rivers in Arizona , sorted by name. By drainage basin. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream ...
The Agua Fria River (Spanish for "cold water") is a 120-mile (190 km) long intermittent stream which flows generally south from 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Prescott in the U.S. state of Arizona.
The San Pedro River is a northward-flowing stream originating about 10 miles (16 km) south of the international border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, in Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. The river starts at the confluence of other streams (Las Nutrias and El Sauz) just east of Sauceda, Cananea. [3]
The river is about 113 miles (182 km) long, [3] with a watershed of 1,410 square miles (3,700 km 2), [4] most of it desert. Aerial view from the south of the Hassayampa River, Arizona, northwest of Phoenix. A local legend purports that anyone who drinks from the river can never again tell the truth. As an anonymous poet wrote:
U.S. rivers or streams that run underground through natural or manmade channels for part or all of their courses. Pages in category "Subterranean rivers of the United States" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
The Little Colorado River (Hopi: Paayu) is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona, [2] providing the principal drainage from the Painted Desert region. Together with its major tributary, the Puerco River , it drains an area of about 26,500 square miles (69,000 km 2 ) in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico .
The Santa Cruz River east of Nogales just after re-entering the United States from Mexico. The Santa Cruz has its headwaters in the high intermontane grasslands of the San Rafael Valley to the southeast of Patagonia, Arizona, between the Canelo Hills to the east and the Patagonia Mountains to the west, just north of the international border.
The Verde River (Yavapai: Haka'he:la) is a major tributary of the Salt River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is about 170 miles (270 km) long [ 4 ] and carries a mean flow of 602 cubic feet per second (17.0 m 3 /s) at its mouth .