Cottonwood Valley (Arizona/Nevada)

Cottonwood Valley (Arizona/Nevada)
Valley
View slightly east of true-north. The expanse of the valley on left is Nevada. The view is from the peak Spirit Mountain (Nevada) of the Newberry Mountains with Lake Mohave in the background.
Country	United States
States	Arizona, California
Regions	(southeast)-Mojave Desert, Lower Colorado River Valley
County	Mohave County, Arizona, Clark County, Nevada

Borders on	Black Canyon of the Colorado-N Black Mountains (Arizona)-NE, E, & SE Newberry Mountains (Nevada)-SW Searchlight, NV-(18 mi W) Eldorado Mountains-NW (south range terminus)
Communities	Cottonwood Cove, NV
River	Colorado River & Lake Mohave

Coordinates	35°26′14″N 114°38′37″W / 35.43722°N 114.64361°W / 35.43722; -114.64361Coordinates: 35°26′14″N 114°38′37″W / 35.43722°N 114.64361°W / 35.43722; -114.64361
Lowest point	Lake Mohave
- location	probably slightly south of lake center

Length	20 mi (32 km), N-S
Width	16 mi (26 km), E-W

Cottonwood Valley (Arizona/Nevada) (in Arizona)

Cottonwood Valley is a wide valley, on the Colorado River on the border between Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada. It extends east and west from the river into both states and is the first wide valley south of the Black Canyon of the Colorado, the last in a series of great canyons the Colorado River passes through after leaving the Rocky Mountains on its way west and where it makes its turn to the south toward the Gulf of California.^[1]^[2]

All of the Colorado River in Cottonwood Valley and the lower reach of the Black Canyon of the Colorado is now under Lake Mohave.

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