Chinle Valley

Chinle Valley
Chinle Valley, between Black Mesa west, and the mountain ranges to the east & southeast
Chinle Valley Chinle Valley of Arizona and Utah
Length	65 mi (105 km) N-S
Geography
Country	United States
States	Arizona Utah
Region	Colorado Plateau
Counties	Apache County, AZ San Juan County, UT
Communities	List Rock Point, AZ Round Rock, AZ Many Farms, AZ Chinle, AZ Mexican Water, AZ (Bluff, UT)
Borders on	List Black Mesa Monument Valley Carrizo Mountains Lukachukai Mountains Chuska Mountains Canyon de Chelly Defiance Plateau
Coordinates	36°39′30″N 109°40′06″W / 36.65833°N 109.66833°W / 36.65833; -109.66833
Rivers	Chinle Creek Chinle Wash
Lake	Many Farms Lake

Chinle Valley is a 65-mile (105 km) long^[1] valley located mostly in Apache County Arizona. Chinle Creek continues north into Utah to meet the San Juan River (Utah).

Chinle Valley is defined by the course of Chinle Wash, with the region as part of the high elevation Colorado Plateau. Numerous washes and creeks feed the Chinle Wash, because the valley lies among higher elevation regions; the Black Mesa borders its west and southwest, the Carrizo, Lukachukai, and Chuska Mountains border east and southeast. The south valley region is part of the northwest of the Defiance Plateau-(Defiace Uplift), and is the location ol Canyon de Chelly National Monument.

Chinle Valley is one of the locations for the Chinle Formation, (no type locality), of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and west Texas.

Monument Valley, of Arizona and Utah, is at the northwest border of Chinle Valley.