The Salt River Valley is an extensive valley on the Salt River in central Arizona, which contains the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
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Although this geographic term still identifies the area, the name "Valley of the Sun" popularly replaced the usage starting in the early 1930s for purposes of boosterism.
A common dust for testing air filter efficiency was derived from top soil dust from the Salt River Valley, referred to as Arizona Dust.[1] The dust was found to include small abrasive particles.[2]
Graphic of the "Salt River Drainage", the Mogollon Rim, and the Arizona transition zone (central-west region)
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