| Zuñi River | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of the Zuni River in Arizona  Zuni River (the United States) | |
| Native name | Akwałina (Zuni) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Arizona New Mexico |
| Counties | Apache, AZ (Cibola, McKinley, Valencia) NM |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Rio Pescado and Rio Nutria |
| • location | near Black Rock, Zuni Indian Reservation, New Mexico |
| • coordinates | 35°06′38″N 108°42′56″W / 35.11056°N 108.71556°W[1] |
| • elevation | 6,535 ft (1,992 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Little Colorado River |
• location | Hunt Valley, Arizona |
• coordinates | 34°38′44″N 109°40′28″W / 34.64556°N 109.67444°W[1] |
• elevation | 5,407 ft (1,648 m)[1] |
| Basin size | 1,300 sq mi (3,400 km2) |
The Zuni (Zuñi) River is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in the southwestern United States. It has its origin in Cibola County, New Mexico, in the Zuñi Mountains at the Continental Divide. The river flows off the western slopes of the Zuñi Mountains in a generally southwesterly direction through the Zuni Indian Reservation to join the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona. The Zuni River is approximately 90 miles (140 km) long, and has a drainage basin in New Mexico of approximately 1,300 square miles (3,400 km2).[3]
- ^ a b c "Zuñi River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. February 8, 1980. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ Orr, Brennon R. (1987). Water Resources of the Zuni Tribal Lands, McKinley and Cibola Counties, New Mexico. U.S.G.S. Water-supply Paper 2227. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. p. 37. OCLC 11134685.