Carrizo Creek and Carrizo Wash explained

Carrizo Creek and Carrizo Wash may refer to various streams or washes (arroyos) named Carrizo, the Spanish word for "reeds". Streams and washes of this name include:

Salton Sea tributaries

• Carrizo Creek and Wash (California), a stream and arroyo in San Diego County and Imperial County, California

Gulf of California tributaries

• Carrizo Wash, a wash under the Carrizo Bridges in Arizona
• Carrizo Creek (Arizona), which forms north of Cibecue in Navajo County, Arizona, a tributary of the Salt River

Gulf of Mexico tributaries

• Carrizo Creek (Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico), a tributary of the Rio Ruidoso
• Carrizo Creek (New Mexico/Texas), sometimes termed Carrizo River, a tributary of Rita Blanca Creek
• East Carrizo Creek, formed in Colorado north of Mt. Carrizo
• West Carrizo Creek, formed in Colorado west-southwest of Kim
• North Carrizo Creek, formed in Baca County, Colorado from the confluence of East and West Carrizo Creek, flowing into Oklahoma
• South Carrizo Creek, formed near the Oklahoma/New Mexico state line and flowing into the Cimarron River

See also

• Carrizo Creek Station, a former stagecoach station on Carrizo Creek in California