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Jacumba Valley is a valley in San Diego County, California. Its head is at 32°37′00″N116°10′07″W / 32.61667°N 116.16861°W / 32.61667; -116.16861 [1] Carrizo Creek has its source in Jacumba Valley, 1.2 miles north of the California-Mexico State boundary, at 32°38′09″N116°07′05″W / 32.63583°N 116.11806°W / 32.63583; -116.11806 at an elevation of 3,210 feet, on the west side of the divide between Jacumba Valley and the valley of upper Boulder Creek. Carrizo Creek flows west then north northwest through Jacumba Valley to its mouth at the head of Carrizo Gorge. [1]

Valley Low area between hills, often with a river running through it.

A valley is a low area between hills or mountains typically with a river running through it. In geology, a valley or dale is a depression that is longer than it is wide. The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys. Most valleys belong to one of these two main types or a mixture of them, at least with respect to the cross section of the slopes or hillsides.

San Diego County, California County in California, United States

San Diego County, officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,095,313. making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is San Diego, the eighth-most populous city in the United States. It is the southwesternmost county in the 48 contiguous United States.

Carrizo Creek, is a stream that arises in the mountains of San Diego County, California, and terminates in Carrizo Wash in Imperial County, a tributary in turn to San Felipe Creek that terminates in the Salton Sea.

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Green Valley, is a valley in the Cuyamaca Mountains in San Diego County, California. The Sweetwater River flows through Green Valley, and has its source at the top of Upper Green Valley.

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In-Ko-Pah Gorge is a deep narrow canyon or gorge, in Imperial County, California. Its head is at 32°40′17″N116°06′05″W at an elevation of 2,240 feet. Myer Creek, flows down the In-Ko-Pah Gorge from its source in the Jacumba Mountains at the head of the canyon to its mouth, at an elevation of 846 feet / 258 meters, then eastward to its mouth where it settles into the sands of the Yuha Desert, east of Ocotillo. Boulder Creek enters the canyon at its confluence with Myer Creek, a little over a mile below the source of Myer Creek, at an elevation of 1,775 feet / 541 meters.

Mountain Spring is a spring in the Jacumba Mountains, in Imperial County, California. It is located at an elevation 2,323 feet / 708 meters near the head of In-Ko-Pah Gorge and the source of Myer Creek.

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Carrizo Gorge valley in San Diego County, United States of America

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Carrizo Canyon is a canyon in San Diego County, California. Its mouth is at an elevation of 699 feet / 213 meters. It heads at 32°44′39″N116°11′50″W in the mouth of Carrizo Gorge, at an elevation of 1,411 feet / 430 meters, and trends north to where it opens out in southeastern Carrizo Valley less than a mile east of Egg Mountain.

Carrizo Valley is a valley between the Vallecito Mountains and Carrizo Badlands to the north and the Tierra Blanca Mountains, Jacumba Mountains and Coyote Mountains on the south, in San Diego County, California. Its mouth is at an elevation or 623 feet / 190 meters. Its source is at an elevation of 1,315 feet at 32°58′07″N116°18′37″W at the mouth of the narrow Carrizo Canyon where Vallecito Creek passes between the Tierra Blanca Mountains and Vallecito Mountains.

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Coordinates: 32°39′18″N116°11′25″W / 32.65500°N 116.19028°W / 32.65500; -116.19028

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