Cottonwood Valley (Arizona and Nevada)

Cottonwood Valley (Arizona/Nevada)
Valley
View slightly east of true-north. The expanse of the valley on left is Nevada. The view is from the peak Spirit Mountain (Nevada) of the Newberry Mountains with Lake Mohave in the background.
Country United States
States Arizona, California
Regions (southeast)-Mojave Desert, Lower Colorado River Valley
County Mohave County, Arizona, Clark County, Nevada
Borders on Black Canyon of the Colorado-N
Black Mountains (Arizona)-NE, E, & SE
Newberry Mountains (Nevada)-SW
Searchlight, NV-(18 mi W)
Eldorado Mountains-NW
(south range terminus)
Communities Cottonwood Cove, NV
River Colorado River & Lake Mohave
Coordinates 35°26′14″N 114°38′37″W / 35.43722°N 114.64361°W / 35.43722; -114.64361Coordinates: 35°26′14″N 114°38′37″W / 35.43722°N 114.64361°W / 35.43722; -114.64361
Lowest point Lake Mohave
 - location probably slightly south of lake center
Length 20 mi (32 km), N-S
Width 16 mi (26 km), E-W
Cottonwood Valley (Arizona/Nevada) (in Arizona)

Cottonwood Valley is a wide valley, on the Colorado River on the border between Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada. It extends east and west from the river into both states and is the first wide valley south of the Black Canyon of the Colorado, the last in a series of great canyons the Colorado River passes through after leaving the Rocky Mountains on its way west and where it makes its turn to the south toward the Gulf of California.[1][2]

All of the Colorado River in Cottonwood Valley and the lower reach of the Black Canyon of the Colorado is now under Lake Mohave.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonwood Valley, Mohave County, Arizona
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonwood Valley, Clark County, Nevada
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