Gila River
The Gila River is a 649-mile-long tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of nearly 60,000 square miles, but has declined to only 247 cubic feet per second.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States
- Also known as: “Akee-mull”, “Apache de Gila”, “Brazo de Miraflores”, “Cina`ahuwipi”, “Hah-quah-sa eel”, “Hela River”, “Jila River”, “Rio Azul”, “Rio de las Balsas”, “Rio del los Apostoles”, “Rio del Nombre Jesus”, “Rio Gila”, “Xila River”, and “Zila River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yuma and Bard.
Yuma
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yuma is the largest city and county seat of Yuma County, Arizona. It is in the southwest corner of the state, across the Colorado River from California and near two Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora.
Bard
Hamlet
Bard is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California, United States, located along County Route S24. It lies at an elevation of 138 feet. Bard is situated 5 miles north of Gila River.
Winterhaven
Village
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Winterhaven is a census-designated place in Imperial County, California. Winterhaven is 6.5 miles east of Pilot Knob, The population was 390 at the 2020 census. Winterhaven is situated 5 miles west of Gila River.
Gila River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Yuma County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Gila River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gilarivier”
- Arabic: “نهر غيلا”
- Armenian: “Գիլա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Gila”
- Azerbaijani: “Hila çayı”
- Basque: “Gila ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Гіла”
- Belarusian: “Рака Хіла”
- Belarusian: “Хіла”
- Bulgarian: “Хила”
- Catalan: “riu Gila”
- Catalan: “Riu Gila”
- Cebuano: “Gila River”
- Chinese: “希拉河”
- Chuvash: “Хила”
- Czech: “Gila”
- Danish: “Gila River”
- Dutch: “Gila”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيلا”
- Estonian: “Gila jõgi”
- Finnish: “Gilajoki”
- French: “Gila river”
- French: “Gila”
- French: “Riviere Gila”
- French: “rivière Gila”
- German: “Gila River”
- Hebrew: “חילה”
- Hebrew: “נהר גילה”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Gila”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gila”
- Italian: “Gila”
- Japanese: “ヒラ川”
- Korean: “힐러강”
- Latvian: “Hila (upe)”
- Latvian: “Hīla”
- Lithuanian: “Chila”
- Lithuanian: “Hila”
- Marathi: “गिला नदी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gila River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gila”
- Norwegian: “Gila River”
- Persian: “رود هیلا”
- Polish: “Gila River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gila”
- Romanian: “Gila River”
- Romanian: “Gila”
- Russian: “Гила”
- Russian: “Хила (приток Колорадо)”
- Russian: “Хила (река)”
- Russian: “Хила”
- Serbian: “Gila”
- Serbian: “Hila”
- Serbian: “Река Хила”
- Serbian: “Хила”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gila”
- Slovenian: “Gila”
- Spanish: “Rio Gila”
- Spanish: “Río Gila”
- Sundanese: “Gila”
- Swedish: “Gila river”
- Swedish: “Gilafloden”
- Swedish: “Hila Akimel”
- Turkish: “Gila Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Гіла”
- Urdu: “دریائے ہیلا”
- Venetian: “Gila”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Gila”
- Welsh: “Afon Gila”
- Wu Chinese: “希拉河”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as El Prado Estates and The Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Gila Valley and South Gila Valley.
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