Jemez River
| Jemez River | |
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Jemez Pueblo, November 2008 | |
  Location of the mouth of the Jemez River in New Mexico | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Sandoval |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of San Antonio Creek and East Fork Jemez River |
| • location | Jemez Mountains |
| • coordinates | 35°51′57″N 106°38′21″W / 35.86583°N 106.63917°W[1] |
USGS gage 08329000, 2 miles above mouth[3] | |
| • average | 59.5 cu ft/s (1.68 m3/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 3,640 cu ft/s (103 m3/s) |
| Official name | Jemez (East Fork) |
| Type | Wild, Scenic, Recreational |
| Designated | June 6, 1990 |
The Jemez River is a tributary of the Rio Grande in eastern Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.
Description
The river is formed by the confluence of the East Fork Jemez River and San Antonio Creek, which drain a number of tributaries in the area of the Jemez Mountains and Santa Fe National Forest. The Jemez River is about 50 miles (80 km) long, or about 80 miles (130 km) long if its longest headwater tributary, San Antonio Creek, is included. The East Fork Jemez River is about 22 miles (35 km) long. Both San Antonio Creek and the East Fork Jemez River flow through intricate meanders along their courses.[2] The East Fork Jemez is a National Wild and Scenic River.[4]
The Jemez River flows generally south to join the Rio Grande near Bernalillo, north of Albuquerque.[5]
Course
The main tributaries streams that join to form the Jemez River are
The Jemez River flows south through the Cañon de San Diego, between the
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jemez River
- ^ a b Lengths calculated in Google Earth
- ^ USGS. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "East Fork of the Jemez Wild and Scenic River, New Mexico". The Wild & Scenic Rivers Council. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ a b General course info from USGS topographic maps
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Antonio Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Fork Jemez River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valle Toledo
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valle San Antonio
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valle Grande
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Battleship Rock
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cañon de San Diego
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio Guadalupe
External links
Media related to Jemez River at Wikimedia Commons
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