Coyote Wash

Coyote Wash[1]
River
Country USA
State California
Region Imperial County
Tributaries
 - left South Fork Coyote Wash
 - right Palm Canyon Wash
Source eastern slope of Jacumba Mountains
 - elevation 1,830 ft (558 m)
 - coordinates 32°42′06″N 116°02′46″W / 32.70167°N 116.04611°W / 32.70167; -116.04611
Mouth terminus of the wash into the sands west of New River.
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m)
 - coordinates 32°48′35″N 115°48′04″W / 32.80972°N 115.80111°W / 32.80972; -115.80111Coordinates: 32°48′35″N 115°48′04″W / 32.80972°N 115.80111°W / 32.80972; -115.80111
Length 22 mi (35 km)

Coyote Wash, an arroyo, and ephemeral stream or wash running east from the Jacumba Mountains through Coyote Wells where it broadens into a wide sandy wash, and passes to the north of Plaster City, toward the New River, where it sinks into the sands just below sea level, in the Yuha Desert in Imperial County, California.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coyote Wash
  2. Plaster City, CA, Painted Gorge, CA and In-Ko-Pah Gorge, CA, USGS Topographic maps]


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