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in southwestern

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in the western

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. The San Cristobal Wash drains northwest, but exists only in the southern half of the valley. The San Cristobal Valley drains north and northwesterly and parallels the

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and Mohawk Mountains to the west; the valley is less desert-like than the Mohawk Valley, and ends in an extensive southwest–northeast bajada-plains region, conducive to agriculture. The Gila River valley and Interstate 8 in Arizona are at the north end of the valley between the communities of Mohawk and Dateland. The valley is bordered by two mountain ranges to the east: the Aguila Mountains in Yuma County, with an eastern end crossing into southwestern

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, and the Granite Mountains of extreme western

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. Southern regions of the valley are in the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range- Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

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Valleys of Arizona Landforms of Yuma County, Arizona {{YumaCountyAZ-geo-stub

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