Gila River photograph

Gila River

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Discharge171. 9 m³/s
Length1,044 km
Basin size58,200 sq mi (151,000 km2)
Mouth Colorado River
Sources Sierra County
Black Range
Did you knowWhen Aldo Leopold convinced the US Forest Service that the headwaters of the Gila should be designated the world's first primitive area back in 1924, it set the stage for the Wilderness Act of 1964.
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About Gila River


The Gila River is a 649-mile-long tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of nearly 60,000 square miles that lies mainly within the U. S. , but also extends into northern Sonora, Mexico.

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