Bouse Wash
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Bouse Wash is one of the larger eastern-bank dry washes that enter the Colorado River
in western Arizona
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Bouse Wash is located on the north end of the La Posa Plain
and drains into the area along the Colorado River occupied by the Colorado River Indian Reservation
, south of Parker, Arizona
. The Bouse Wash Drainage is at the north end of the reservation; the Tyson Wash
Drainage is at the southern end of the reservation, and the Tyson drainage abuts the Bouse drainage on the southwest. The Bouse and Tyson Wash drainages each enter the eastern shore of the Colorado River's Imperial Reservoir
Drainage.
Another major distinction of the Bouse Wash Drainage is that it forms a water divide
on its east and southeast border. It borders the Centennial Wash
Drainage (of west-central Arizona), which flows southeasterly towards the southwest-flowing Gila River
. and its confluence with the Gila is adjacent downstream from the Hassayampa River
flowing south from Prescott
and the western and southwestern regions of the Bradshaw Mountains
.
Bouse Wash also shares its name with Bouse, Arizona
, which lies on the wash between the Bouse Hills and the Plomosa Mountains
, just east of the La Posa Plain and the Colorado River valley.
Colorado River
The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...
in western Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
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Bouse Wash is located on the north end of the La Posa Plain
La Posa Plain
The La Posa Plain is a wide, generally flat plain in western Arizona near the Colorado River and is on the west and northwest border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The plain lies to the east of the Colorado River Indian Reservation and east of the Dome Rock and Trigo Mountains. Quartzsite,...
and drains into the area along the Colorado River occupied by the Colorado River Indian Reservation
Colorado River Indian Reservation
The Colorado River Indian Reservation is 189 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona, on highway 95. It lies in western La Paz County, Arizona, southeastern San Bernardino County, California, and northeastern Riverside County, California. It has a total land area of 432.22 sq mi , and most of it lies...
, south of Parker, Arizona
Parker, Arizona
Parker is a town in and the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. The population was 3,140 at the 2000 census.-History:...
. The Bouse Wash Drainage is at the north end of the reservation; the Tyson Wash
Tyson Wash
Tyson Wash is one of the larger eastern-bank dry washes that enter the Colorado River in western Arizona. It drains the La Posa Plain south-to-north and is also coincident with the Plain, ....
Drainage is at the southern end of the reservation, and the Tyson drainage abuts the Bouse drainage on the southwest. The Bouse and Tyson Wash drainages each enter the eastern shore of the Colorado River's Imperial Reservoir
Imperial Reservoir
The Imperial Reservoir is an artificial lake formed by the construction of the Imperial Diversion Dam across the Colorado River in the Lower Colorado River Valley of Imperial County, California, and Yuma County, Arizona...
Drainage.
Another major distinction of the Bouse Wash Drainage is that it forms a water divide
Water divide
A drainage divide, water divide, divide or watershed is the line separating neighbouring drainage basins...
on its east and southeast border. It borders the Centennial Wash
Centennial Wash
Centennial Wash is an ephemeral dry wash that forms the final watershed of the Gila River in central Arizona — before the river turns south. From the Centennial Wash confluence, the Gila turns south, then southwest to exit Arizona on the California border adjacent Yuma.The Centennial Wash drainage...
Drainage (of west-central Arizona), which flows southeasterly towards the southwest-flowing Gila River
Gila River
The Gila River is a tributary of the Colorado River, 650 miles long, in the southwestern states of New Mexico and Arizona.-Description:...
. and its confluence with the Gila is adjacent downstream from the Hassayampa River
Hassayampa River
The Hassayampa River is a mostly underground river, the headwaters of which are just south of Prescott, Arizona, and flows mostly south towards Wickenburg entering the Gila River near Hassayampa, Arizona...
flowing south from Prescott
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....
and the western and southwestern regions of the Bradshaw Mountains
Bradshaw Mountains
The Bradshaw Mountains are a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of central Arizona, USA, named for brothers Isaac and William Bradshaw after their death, having been formerly known in English as the Silver Mountain Range.-History:...
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Bouse Wash also shares its name with Bouse, Arizona
Bouse, Arizona
Bouse is a census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1908 as a mining camp, the economy of Bouse is now based on tourism, agriculture and retirees...
, which lies on the wash between the Bouse Hills and the Plomosa Mountains
Plomosa Mountains
The Plomosa Mountains are a mountain range in La Paz County, Arizona, running generally south of Bouse, Arizona near the Arizona/California border. The maximum height of the range is 1791 feet ....
, just east of the La Posa Plain and the Colorado River valley.