Gila River

Gila River
Catchment area and course of the Gila River
Data
Water code	US :  42838
location	New Mexico , Arizona (USA)
River system	Colorado River
Drain over	Colorado River  → Gulf of California
source	In Sierra County , New Mexico 33 ° 10 ′ 47 "  N , 108 ° 12 ′ 22"  W.
muzzle	in the Colorado River at Yuma Coordinates: 32 ° 43 ′ 14 "  N , 114 ° 33 ′ 27"  W 32 ° 43 ′ 14 "  N , 114 ° 33 ′ 27"  W
Mouth height	36  m
length	1044 km
Discharge at the Calva A Eo gauge: 29,707.2 km²	NNQ (1930) MNQ 1930–2017 MQ 1930–2017 Mq 1930–2017 MHQ 1930–2017 HHQ (1983)	0 l / s 800 l / s 10.2 m³ / s 0.3 l / (s km²) 69.4 m³ / s 4,247.5 m³ / s
Discharge at the gauge near Dome A Eo : 68,528.5 km² Location: 19.3 km above the mouth	NNQ (1905) MNQ 1905–2017 MQ 1905–2017 Mq 1905–2017 MHQ 1905–2017 HHQ (1916)	0 l / s 0 l / s 6.5 m³ / s 0.1 l / (s km²) 171.6 m³ / s 5,663.3 m³ / s
The young Gila River in New Mexico

The Gila River [ ˈhiːlə ˈɹɪvɚ ] is a river in the southwestern United States . It rises in New Mexico and flows into the Colorado River after 1044 km near Yuma in the US state of Arizona .

The river was established as the border between the United States and Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 and served this function until 1853 , when US rule was extended to the areas south of the Gila River with the Gadsden purchase .

The term "Gila" also appears in Gila County , the Gila Mountains , the Gila National Forest and in the name of an endemic species of animal in the area, the Gila crustacean , also known as the Gila Monster , and the Gilaspecht ( Melanerpes uropygialis ).

Different names

The Gila River was known by a number of other names in the past:

• Akee-mull (mostly Akimel , a subgroup of the Pima called Akimel O'Odham = "people who live on the Gila River")
• Apache de Gila
• Brazo de Miraflores
• Cina'ahuwipi
• Hah-quah-sa eel
• Hela River
• Jila River
• Rio Azul
• Rio Gila
• Rio de las Balsas
• Rio del Nombre Jesus
• Rio de los Apostoles
• Zila River
• Xila River

See also

• List of the longest rivers on earth

Web links

Commons : Gila River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gila River at Calva Arizona Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey
2. ^ Gila River near Dome Arizona Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey
3. ↑ ^{a b} Gila River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey