Rio_Cuchujaqui

Rio Cuchujaqui

Rio Cuchujaqui

River in Mexico

Rio Cuchujaqui, Arroyo Cuchujaqui or Arroyo de Alamos, is a tributary river of the Fuerte River, in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora and in El Fuerte Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico. It has its source in the Sierra de Álamos a range in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora.[1] Its mouth is at its confluence with the Fuerte River, just below Tehueco in Sinaloa.[2] Its course is interrupted in Sinaloa by the Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez dam and its reservoir at 26°25′50″N 108°42′24″W built between 1964 and 1970.[3][4]: 115 

Much of the river's course lies in the Sierra de Álamos–Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui
  2. [2]
    N 26 17' 22" W 108 45' 49" from mapper.acme.com accessed October 15, 2018
  3. [3]
    N 26 25' 50" W 108 42' 24" from mapper.acme.com accessed October 15, 2018
  4. [4]
    Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Cecilia Tortajada, Asit K. Biswas, Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects, Springer Science & Business Media, Feb 22, 2005
  5. [5]
    UNESC0 2919. "Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve, Mexico". Accessed 27 August 2021.


Stub icon

This article about a location in the Mexican state of Sonora is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a location in the Mexican state of Sinaloa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article related to a river in Mexico is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Rio_Cuchujaqui, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.