Sacramento Wash (California)

Sacramento Wash (California)
(Dry)-Wash
Mojave Road in flatlands of Lanfair Valley
(of Sacramento Wash (California))
Country United States
State California
Regions Lanfair Valley
(eastern)-Mojave Desert
County San Bernardino County, California
Borders on New York Mountains-NW
Castle Mountains-N
Piute Range-E
Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness-S & SE
(north terminus)-Piute Mountains-S
(northeast terminus)-Fenner Valley
Woods Mountains & Vontrigger
Hills-W
Communities Goffs, Cima &, Kelso, CA
Coordinates 35.1524927°0′0″N 115.1522038°0′0″W / 35.15249°N 115.15220°W / 35.15249; -115.15220Coordinates: 35.1524927°0′0″N 115.1522038°0′0″W / 35.15249°N 115.15220°W / 35.15249; -115.15220
Lowest point Piute Wash-(intersection)
Length 24 mi (39 km), N-S (drains from northwest)
Width 15 mi (24 km), E-W (at south to intersection with Piute Wash)
Sacramento Wash (California)
in southeast California w/Nevada

The Sacramento Wash (California) is the drainage southward, then east from the Lanfair Valley of extreme eastern San Bernardino County, California. The drainage combines with the Piute Wash-(mostly of Nevada) at the south terminus of the Dead Mountains, and immediately enters the Colorado River, just north of Needles, California. Another Sacramento Wash occurs across the Colorado, as an eastern drainage from northwest Arizona, also at Needles, CA.

The Lanfair Valley and Sacramento Wash are at the eastern perimeter region of the Mojave National Preserve.

Geography

The Piute Wash outfall down bajada/alluvial fan, after junction with Sacramento Wash; the downslope descends to the west side of the south-flowing Colorado River.

The Sacramento Wash (California) is part of a 2-valley south-trending drainage system, shaped like a U; Piute Wash is the eastern part of the drainage; the Sacaramento Wash is the western. The Sacramento Wash turns eastward, combines with other bajada drainages from the west and south, and merges with the Piute Wash, to rapidly descend down from the foothills of the Dead Mountains to the western bank of the Colorado River.

The approximate center of the Sacramento Wash drainage is the center of Lanfair Valley, the Lanfair Buttes.[1]


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References

  1. ↑ Lanfair Buttes coordinates, topozone.com
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