Arizona Rivers
Use the maps provided here, and others you can access, to explore Arizona rivers with these questions guiding you.
What are the eight major rivers in Arizona?
Prescott is near the borders of three watersheds. What are the names of these?
Is there a spot on the maps that is not in a watershed?
Locate Granite Creek. Follow the path of Granite Creek as it flows into which river? The path continues through three more rivers until reaching which river? Name all five rivers.
Are there perennial waterways within the watershed where Prescott is located?
What is the nearest next larger watershed that Granite Creek is located?
What mountain range is located at the headwaters of the Salt River?
On the map at the bottom of this page, what do the black lines represent? What do the blue lines represent? Which is higher in elevation, the blue or black lines? Why?
What are the eight major rivers in Arizona?
Prescott is near the borders of three watersheds. What are the names of these?
Is there a spot on the maps that is not in a watershed?
Locate Granite Creek. Follow the path of Granite Creek as it flows into which river? The path continues through three more rivers until reaching which river? Name all five rivers.
Are there perennial waterways within the watershed where Prescott is located?
What is the nearest next larger watershed that Granite Creek is located?
What mountain range is located at the headwaters of the Salt River?
On the map at the bottom of this page, what do the black lines represent? What do the blue lines represent? Which is higher in elevation, the blue or black lines? Why?