Rio Cuchujaqui Explained

Rio Cuchujaqui, Arroyo Cuchujaqui or Arroyo de Alamos, is a tributary river of the Fuerte River, in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora and in El Fuerte Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico. It has its source in the Sierra de Álamos a range in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora.^[1] Its mouth is at its confluence with the Fuerte River, just below Tehueco in Sinaloa.^[2] Its course is interrupted in Sinaloa by the Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez dam and its reservoir at 26.4306°N -108.7067°W built between 1964 and 1970.^{[3] [4]}

Much of the river's course lies in the Sierra de Álamos–Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/mexico/sierra-de-alamos-rio-cuchujaqui/ Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui
2. https://mapper.acme.com/?ll=26.421389,-108.62&z=12&t=SL&marker0=26.421389,-108.62,El%20Fuerte%2C%20Sinaloa N 26 17' 22" W 108 45' 49"
3. https://mapper.acme.com/?ll=26.430556,-108.706667&z=15&t=SL&marker0=26.430556,-108.706667,Rio%20Cuchujaqui N 26 25' 50" W 108 42' 24"
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=sDmD6-V9HBIC Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Cecilia Tortajada, Asit K. Biswas, Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects, Springer Science & Business Media, Feb 22, 2005
5. UNESC0 2919. "Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve, Mexico". Accessed 27 August 2021. https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/lac/alamos_cuchujaqui