Childs Valley

Childs Valley
Childs Valley
Valley
Country United States
State Arizona
Region ((north-central)-Sonoran Desert)
Districts Maricopa County AZ, Pima County AZ
Borders on Sentinel Plain-NE
San Cristobal & Growler Valleys-W & NW
City Ajo, AZ
Rivers Childs Wash, Tenmile Wash
Coordinates 32°25′50″N 112°56′40″W / 32.430611°N 112.944333°W / 32.430611; -112.944333
Length 50 mi (80 km), NW-SE
Width 12 mi (19 km)
Childs Valley
in Arizona

The Childs Valley is a valley in the Sonoran Desert of south-central Arizona west of Ajo. Upstream sections are located in far western Pima County; downstream it merges into the Gila River Valley in southwestern Maricopa County. Upstream, the valley is east and parallel to the Growler Valley and Growler Mountains which lie directly west.

Childs Valley description

Childs Valley is north trending as is Growler Valley. The west part of the valley contains Daniels Wash which flows north, then west at the north end of the Growler Mountains to meet Growler Wash, the upstream, southern region of the San Cristobal Valley Watershed.[1] The eastern part of the upper Childs Valley contains Childs Wash, the western tributary to the Tenmile Wash Watershed.[2] The Childs Wash drains the northwest of the Little Ajo Mountains, where Ajo, Arizona is on its east. The east of the Little Ajo's are drained by Tenmile Wash.

Childs Valley & Wash are north-trending at the south, but turn northwest x southeast to meet the region in the northwest at the Gila River Valley and Park Valley. The extensive Sentinel Plain is northeast, Park Valley is northwest at the Gila River, and the Crater Range in the center of the Childs Valley, borders its northeast, and is also the northeast border of Tenmile Wash.

The small, low elevation Aguila Mountains border the northwest, a water divide from the San Cristobal Valley.

The upper Childs Valley & Childs Mountain are located at 32°25′50″N 112°56′40″W / 32.430611°N 112.944333°W / 32.430611; -112.944333 (Childs Mountain).[3]

References

  1. ^ San Cristobal Valley Watershed
  2. ^ Tenmile Wash Watershed
  3. ^ Childs Mountain, Registered Land Mobile Towers in Ajo, city-data.com.

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