Cottonwood Valley (Arizona and Nevada)

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]

Cottonwood Valley
View slightly east of true-north.
Cottonwood Valley Cottonwood Valley
Length	20 mi (32 km) N-S
Width	16 mi (26 km) E-W
Geography
Country	United States
States	Arizona California
Regions	Mojave Desert Lower Colorado River Valley
County	Mohave Clark
Community	Cottonwood Cove
Borders on	List Black Canyon of the Colorado Black Mountains (Arizona) Newberry Mountains (Nevada) Searchlight, NV Eldorado Mountains
Coordinates	35°26′14″N 114°38′37″W / 35.43722°N 114.64361°W / 35.43722; -114.64361
River	Colorado River
Lake	Lake Mohave

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

See also

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cottonwood Valley (Arizona/Nevada).

• List of valleys of the Lower Colorado River Valley

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonwood Valley, Mohave County, Arizona
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonwood Valley, Clark County, Nevada