Agua Fria River
| Agua Fria River | ||
 The river system of the Gila River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 25542 | |
| location | Arizona , United States | |
| River system | Colorado River | |
| Drain over | Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California | |
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Yavapai County 34 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ N , 112 ° 23 ′ 56 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | at Goodyear in the Gila River Coordinates: 33 ° 23 '22 " N , 112 ° 21' 53" W 33 ° 23 '22 " N , 112 ° 21' 53" W
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| length | 193 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Pleasant | |
 Upper course of the Agua Fria River |
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The Agua Fria River is a 193 km long river in the US state of Arizona .
course
It flows through the Agua Fria National Monument and then flows into the Black Canyon in the artificially dammed Lake Pleasant , which was built in 1928 for the water supply. It leaves the lake again, takes up the New River at Glendale and flows into the Gila River at Goodyear .
Web links
Commons : Agua Fria River - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Agua Fria River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Bareth: USA Southwest: Arizona, California (South), Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah . Baedeker, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 3-8297-1085-2 ( limited preview in Google book search [accessed on August 21, 2010]).