Chuckwalla Valley

Chuckwalla Valley
Chuckwalla Valley Chuckwalla Valley in southeast California Flowers in Chuckwalla Valley near Desert Center, CA.
Length	48 mi (77 km) WNW-ESE
Width	16 mi (26 km)
Geography
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Mojave Desert
County	Riverside
Communities	Desert Center and Eagle Mountain
Borders on	List Palen Mountains McCoy Mountains Palo Verde Valley Little Chuckwalla Mountains Mule Mountains Chuckwalla Mountains Eagle Mountains Coxcomb Mountains
Coordinates	33°38′27″N 115°01′08″W / 33.640856°N 115.0188589°W / 33.640856; -115.0188589Coordinates: 33°38′27″N 115°01′08″W / 33.640856°N 115.0188589°W / 33.640856; -115.0188589

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 ()^[1] in the east-southeast; () occurs in the center-northwest, at the south terminus of the smaller, north-south .

The south end of the valley expands slightly northwest-by-southeast, and contains Danby Dry Lake, a 13-mi (21 km)

See also[]

• Desert Center, California
• Valleys of Riverside County

References[]

External links[]

• Ford Lake (Ford Dry Lake), coordinates & elevation at topozone.com
• Media related to Chuckwalla Valley at Wikimedia Commons

Desert Center, CA

The west-to-east extent of Chuckwalla Valley