Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
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Location | Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Mohave County, Arizona, US |
Nearest city | Mesquite, NV |
Coordinates | 36°25′43″N 113°14′48″W / 36.42861°N 113.24667°WCoordinates: 36°25′43″N 113°14′48″W / 36.42861°N 113.24667°W |
Area | 37,030 acres (150 km2) |
Established | 1984 |
Governing body | U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management |
Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in the U.S. state of Arizona. Established in 1984 under the the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This desert wilderness is a 12-mile stretch of the Grand Wash Cliffs encompassing escarpments, canyons, and sandstone buttes that make up the transition zone between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Province.[1]
The elevation ranges from 2,650 feet (807 m) to 6,700 feet (2042 m). Vegetation includes an assortment of Mojave Desert shrubs below the cliffs as well as a pinyon-juniper woodland above. Wildlife in the area include gila monsters, desert tortoise, and desert bighorn sheep.[2]
See also[]
- List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
- List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
References[]
- ^ Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness – BLM
- ^ Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness – Wilderness Connect
External links[]
- Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Area – Parashant National Monument
Categories:
- IUCN Category Ib
- Wilderness areas of Arizona
- Protected areas of Mohave County, Arizona
- Protected areas established in 1984
- 1984 establishments in Arizona