Chuckwalla Valley

The Chuckwalla Valley is a large valley in eastern Riverside County, California, named for a large lizard, the chuckwalla found in the arid Southwestern United States deserts.

Chuckwalla Valley
Chuckwalla Valley Chuckwalla Valley in southeast California Flowers in Chuckwalla Valley near Desert Center, CA.
Length	48 mi (77 km) WNW-ESE
Width	16 mi (26 km)
Geography
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Mojave Desert
County	Riverside
Communities	Desert Center Eagle Mountain
Borders on	List Palen Lake Palen Valley Palen Mountains McCoy Mountains Palo Verde Valley Little Chuckwalla Mountains Mule Mountains Chuckwalla Mountains Eagle Mountains Desert Lily Preserve Coxcomb Mountains
Coordinates	33°38′27″N 115°01′08″W

The region of the valley in southeast California, is the low elevation section of the Mojave Desert transitioning into the Colorado Desert, the northwest extension (in California) of the Sonoran Desert. The region is notable for valleys containing bajadas, sand dunes, and intermittent, dry, or saline lakes. Chuckwalla Valley contains Ford Lake (Ford Dry Lake) in the east-southeast; Palen Lake (Palen Dry Lake) occurs in the center-northwest, at the south terminus of the smaller, north-south Palen Valley.

The south end of the valley expands slightly northwest-by-southeast, and contains Danby Dry Lake, a 13-mi (21 km)

See also

• Desert Center, California
• Valleys of Riverside County

External links

• Ford Lake (Ford Dry Lake), coordinates & elevation at topozone.com
• Media related to Chuckwalla Valley at Wikimedia Commons

Desert Center, CA

Ford Dry Lake

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The west-to-east extent of Chuckwalla Valley