Rio Cuchujaqui, Arroyo Cuchujaqui or Arroyo de Alamos, is a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
of the
Fuerte River, in the
Álamos Municipality
Álamos is a Municipalities of Sonora, municipality in south-western Sonora, Mexico. It includes the town of Álamos.
It is one of the 72 municipalities of the state of Sonora, located in the southeastern part of the state. Its municipal seat is t ...
of
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
and in
El Fuerte Municipality,
Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales.
It is located in northwest Mexic ...
,
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. It has its source in the
Sierra de Álamos a range in the
Sierra Madre Occidental in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora. Its mouth is at its confluence with the Fuerte River, just below
Tehueco in Sinaloa. Its course is interrupted in Sinaloa by the
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez dam and its reservoir at built between 1964 and 1970.
Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Cecilia Tortajada, Asit K. Biswas, Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects, Springer Science & Business Media, Feb 22, 2005
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Much of the river's course lies in the Sierra de Álamos–Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve.[UNESC0 2919. "Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve, Mexico". Accessed 27 August 2021]
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References
Rivers of Sonora
Rivers of Sinaloa
Rivers of the Gulf of California
Rivers of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Rivers of Mexico
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