Chuckwalla Valley Explained

Chuckwalla Valley
Country:United States
State:California
Region:Mojave Desert
Region Type:Region
District:Riverside
District Type:County
City:Desert Center
City1:Eagle Mountain
City Type:Communities
Coordinates:33.6409°N -115.0189°W
Border:Palen Lake
Border1:Palen Valley
Border2:Palen Mountains
Border3:McCoy Mountains
Border4:Palo Verde Valley
Border5:Little Chuckwalla Mountains
Border6:Mule Mountains
Border7:Chuckwalla Mountains
Border8:Eagle Mountains
Border9:Desert Lily Preserve
Border10:Coxcomb Mountains
Length Mi:48
Length Orientation:WNW-ESE
Width Mi:16
Map:USA California
Map Size:250
Relief:1

The Chuckwalla Valley is a large valley in eastern Riverside County, California, named for a large lizard, the chuckwalla found in the arid Southwestern United States deserts.

The region of the valley in southeast California, is the low elevation section of the Mojave Desert transitioning into the Colorado Desert, the northwest extension (in California) of the Sonoran Desert. The region is notable for valleys containing bajadas, sand dunes, and intermittent, dry, or saline lakes. Chuckwalla Valley contains Ford Lake (Ford Dry Lake)[1] in the east-southeast; Palen Lake (Palen Dry Lake) occurs in the center-northwest, at the south terminus of the smaller, north-south Palen Valley.

The south end of the valley expands slightly northwest-by-southeast, and contains Danby Dry Lake, a 13-mi (21 km)

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  1. http://www.topozone.com/california/riverside-ca/flat/ford-dry-lake/ Coordinates of southeast end of Chuckwalla Valley, topozone