Rio Cuchujaqui, Arroyo Cuchujaqui or Arroyo de Alamos, is a tributary river of the Fuerte River, in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora and in El Fuerte Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico. It has its source in the Sierra de Álamos a range in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora.[1] Its mouth is at its confluence with the Fuerte River, just below Tehueco in Sinaloa.[2] Its course is interrupted in Sinaloa by the Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez dam and its reservoir at 26°25′50″N 108°42′24″W / 26.43056°N 108.70667°W built between 1964 and 1970.[3][4]: 115
Much of the river's course lies in the Sierra de Álamos–Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve.[5]
References
edit- ^ Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui
- ^ N 26 17' 22" W 108 45' 49" from mapper.acme.com accessed October 15, 2018
- ^ N 26 25' 50" W 108 42' 24" from mapper.acme.com accessed October 15, 2018
- ^ Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Cecilia Tortajada, Asit K. Biswas, Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects, Springer Science & Business Media, Feb 22, 2005
- ^ UNESC0 2919. "Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui Biosphere Reserve, Mexico". Accessed 27 August 2021. [1]
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