Alcove Canyon

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Alcove Canyon is a valley in Apache County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The valley lies southwest of the Carrizo Mountains and extends to Walker Creek. [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.

Apache County, Arizona County in the United States

Apache County is located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census its population was 71,518. The county seat is St. Johns.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

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The head of the canyon is at 36°41′28″N109°15′05″W / 36.69111°N 109.25139°W / 36.69111; -109.25139 and the confluence with Apache Creek is at 36°47′15″N109°25′22″W / 36.78750°N 109.42278°W / 36.78750; -109.42278 Coordinates: 36°47′15″N109°25′22″W / 36.78750°N 109.42278°W / 36.78750; -109.42278 . The elevation of the mouth is at 5,292 feet (1,613 m). [1]

Confluence Meeting of two or more bodies of flowing water

In geography, a confluence occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river ; or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name ; or where two separated channels of a river rejoin at the downstream end.

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

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Alcove Canyon (or Alcove Creek) [1] was so named due to the presence of erosional alcoves in the rock banks along its course. [2]

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Chinle Creek

Chinle Creek is a tributary stream of the San Juan River in Apache County, Arizona and San Juan County, Utah. Its source is at 36°53′40″N109°44′37″W, the confluence of Laguña Creek with Chinle Wash where it forms Chinle Creek, 7 miles northeast of Dennehotso, Arizona at an elevation of 4,774 feet (1,455 m). Its mouth is at its confluence with the San Juan River at 37°11′53″N109°42′57″W at an elevation of 4,229 feet (1,289 m), 9 miles northeast of Mexican Hat, Utah.

Walker Creek is a stream in Apache County, Arizona. Its mouth is at an elevation of 4,688 feet / 1,429 meters at its confluence with Chinle Creek. Its source is located at 36°41′28″N109°15′04″W, the confluence of Alcove Canyon and Tah Chin Lini Canyon in the Carrizo Mountains, from which it flows west and northwest to Chinle Creek at 36°57′42″N109°41′35″W. Hogansaani Spring, a tributary, is located on the south side of Walker Creek, at an elevation of 5,102 feet (1,555 m), midway downstream Walker Creek to its confluence with Chinle Creek.

Coyote Wash is a tributary stream of Whiskey Creek in the watershed of the San Juan River and Colorado River. The confluence with Whiskey Creek lies within the Canyon de Chelly National Monument. It is entirely in Apache County, Arizona. Its mouth is located at an elevation of 7,080 feet (2,160 m) at its confluence with Whiskey Creek. Its source is at an elevation of 7,096 feet (2,163 m) at the confluence of Crystal Creek and Cattail Wash 36°04′52″N109°08′56″W.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alcove Canyon
  2. ↑ Barnes, Will Croft (1960). Arizona place names. University of Arizona Press. p. 3.
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