Chuckwalla Valley
| Chuckwalla Valley | |
| Valley | |
 View of the Chuckwalla Valley region at Desert Center, California | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | California |
| Region | (southeast)-Mojave Desert |
| County | Riverside County, California |
| Borders on | Palen Lake & Palen Valley-NNW Palen Mountains-N McCoy Mountains-NE Palo Verde Mesa & Palo Verde Valley-E Little Chuckwalla Mountains & Mule Mountains-SE Chuckwalla Mountains-SW & S Eagle Mountains-W Desert Lily Preserve & Coxcomb Mountains-NW |
| Communities | Desert Center, CA-(at west); Eagle Mountain, CA-(at west-northwest) |
| Coordinates | 33.640856°0′0″N 115.0188589°0′0″W / 33.64086°N 115.01886°WCoordinates: 33.640856°0′0″N 115.0188589°0′0″W / 33.64086°N 115.01886°W |
| Lowest point | Ford Lake |
| - location | Ford Lake |
| - elevation | 110 m (361 ft) |
| Length | 48 mi (77 km), WNW-ESE |
| Width | 16 mi (26 km), (widest at center south with Ford Lake) |
  Chuckwalla Valley
in southeast California | |
The Chuckwalla Valley is a large valley in eastern Riverside County, California, named for a large lizard, the chuckwalla found in the arid Southwestern United States deserts.
The region of the valley in southeast California, is the low elevation section of the Mojave Desert transitioning into the Colorado Desert, the northwest extension (in California) of the Sonoran Desert. The region is notable for valleys containing bajadas, sand dunes, and intermittent, dry, or saline lakes. Chuckwalla Valley contains Ford Lake (Ford Dry Lake)[1] in the east-southeast; Palen Lake (Palen Dry Lake) occurs in the center-northwest, at the south terminus of the smaller, north-south Palen Valley.
The south end of the valley expands slightly northwest-by-southeast, and contains Danby Dry Lake, a 13-mi (21 km)
See also
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- Desert Center, California
- Valleys of Riverside County
References
- ↑ Coordinates of southeast end of Chuckwalla Valley, topozone.
