Hydrology and Geomorphology of the Santa Maria and Big Sandy Rivers and Burro Creek, Western Arizona
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Klawon, J.E.Issue Date
2000Keywords
Arizona Geological Survey Open File ReportsPliocene
Quaternary
Miocene
Laramide
cretaceous
Tertiary
Basin and Range
Bagdad copper mine
Hillside
Wikieup
Alamo Dam
Bill Williams River
La Paz County
Yavapai County
Mohave County
Arizona
Burro Creek
Big Sandy River
Santa Marie River
water
flow
alluvial fans
crustal shortening
Magmatism
paleoflood
drainage
channels
geomorphology
hydrology
river terraces
Flooding
floodplain
geologic hazard
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Klawon, J.E., 2000, Hydrology and Geomorphology of the Santa Maria and Big Sandy Rivers and Burro Creek, Western Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-00-02, 46 p.Description
This report summarizes the geomorphology and hydrology of the three principal tributary streams of the Bill Williams River in western Arizona. The Bill Williams River basin drains most of west-central Arizona, straddling Mohave, Yavapai and La Paz counties (Figure 1). The principal tributaries of the Bill Williams are Big Sandy River, which heads east of Kingman, and Santa Maria River, which heads near Hillside. These tributaries join to form the Bill Williams River at what is now Alamo Lake. Burro Creek is the largest tributary of Big Sandy River, entering south of Wikieup.Additional Links
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