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=San Carlos River= Bylas, AZ 85530
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San Carlos River--near lake (Gila Co.)
Coordinates: 33.2266981, -110.4239702 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

San Carlos River--near lake (Graham Co.)
Coordinates: 33.2327648, -110.4195285 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About San Carlos River
The San Carlos River is a 37-mile long tributary of the Gila River in southeast Arizona, United States. The river drains an arid region of 1,026 square miles situated mostly within the San Carlos Indian Reservation.

The river originates as the confluence of Ash Creek (30 miles long) and Kidde Creek in the Natanes Mountains, a subrange of the Gila Mountains, at 4,300 feet above sea level. Flowing west, it enters a deep canyon along the Gila–Graham County line. After receiving the Blue River from the right, the river is impounded in a small reservoir, Takalai Lake. Below the lake the valley widens and the river turns south, passing San Carlos and Peridot, before emptying into the northern arm of San Carlos Lake, a reservoir on the Gila River.

Most of the flow in the river originates from springs in the canyons above Takalai Lake. The springs are considered sacred by the San Carlos Apache. The average annual discharge near Peridot is 54.2 cubic feet per second, with a maximum of 54,800 cubic feet per second on January 8, 1993. Although the upper reaches of the river are perennial, the lower river is frequently dry during the early summer as a result of irrigation diversions. From Wikipedia

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