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The Gila river is a 649 mile long tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
The river drains an arid watershed of nearly 60,000 square miles that lies primarily in Arizona, a portion of extreme western New Mexico and also extends into northern Sonora, Mexico.
Indigenous peoples have lived along the river for at least a couple thousand years, establishing complex agricultural societies before European exploration of the region began in the 16th century. However, European Americans did not permanently settle the Gila River watershed until the mid-19th century.
Gila River Information
Confluence with Primary:
Colorado River.
32.720500, -114.558000
Source:
Confluence of East Fork and West Fork.
33.179722, -108.206111, elev. 5551 feet
Total Length:
649 miles
Tributaries Right:
New Mexico:
West Fork Gila River
Iron Bridge
SR 92
NM-AZ state line
Arizona:
SH 75
US 191
Black Hills Byway
San Francisco River
US 70
San Carloa River
Coolidge Dam, SH 3
Wilkelman Bridge, SH 77
E. Florence-Kelvin Highway
Aqua Fria River
Painted Rock Reservoir, Dam),
Primary: Confluence with Colorado River
Tributaries Left:
New Mexico:
East Fork Gila River,
SR 92)
NM-AZ state line
Arizona:
SH 75
US 191
Black Hills Byway
US 70
Coolidge Dam, SH 3
SH 77, Wilkelman Bridge
E. Florence-Kelvin Highway
Painted Rock Reservoir, Dam
Primary: Confluence Colorado River.
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