Puerco River
Waterway in Arizona / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Rio Puerco (Rio Grande tributary) or Rio Puerco (Rio Chama tributary).
The Puerco River or Rio Puerco is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. It flows through arid terrain, including the Painted Desert.
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Puerco River Rio Puerco or “Perky” | |
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The mouth of the Puerco River on the Little Colorado River, northeast-central Arizona | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona, New Mexico |
Region | Colorado Plateau |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | near Hosta Butte |
• location | McKinley County, New Mexico |
• coordinates | 35°34′33″N 108°10′52″W[1] |
• elevation | 7,930 ft (2,420 m)[2] |
Mouth | Little Colorado River |
• location | near Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona |
• coordinates | 34°53′20″N 110°07′17″W[1] |
• elevation | 5,102 ft (1,555 m)[1] |
Length | 167 mi (269 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2,654 sq mi (6,870 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | near Chambers, Arizona |
• average | 70 cu ft/s (2.0 m3/s) |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 17,800 cu ft/s (500 m3/s) |
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