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.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States
- Also known as: “Akee-mull”, “Apache de Gila”, “Brazo de Miraflores”, “Chila”, “Cina`ahuwipi”, “Gila river”, “Hah-quah-sa eel”, “Hela River”, “Hila Akimel”, “Jila River”, “Rio Azul”, “Rio de las Balsas”, “Rio del los Apostoles”, “Rio del Nombre Jesus”, “Riviere Gila”, “Xila River”, “Zila River”, “Гила”, “Река Хила”, “Хила (приток Колорадо)”, “Хила (река)”, and “נהר גילה”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yuma and Bard.
Winterhaven
Village
Gila River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Yuma County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.71977° or 32° 43′ 11″ north
Longitude
-114.55523° or 114° 33′ 19″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Open location code
8547PC9V+WW
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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: “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”
- French: “rivière Gila”
- German: “Gila River”
- Hebrew: “חילה”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Gila”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gila”
- Italian: “Gila”
- Japanese: “ヒラ川”
- Korean: “힐러강”
- Latvian: “Hila (upe)”
- Latvian: “Hīla”
- Lithuanian: “Hila”
- Marathi: “गिला नदी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gila”
- Norwegian: “Gila River”
- Persian: “رود هیلا”
- Polish: “Gila River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gila”
- Romanian: “Gila”
- Russian: “Хила”
- Serbian: “Hila”
- Serbian: “Хила”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gila”
- Slovenian: “Gila”
- Spanish: “Río Gila”
- Sundanese: “Gila”
- Swedish: “Gilafloden”
- Turkish: “Gila Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Гіла”
- Urdu: “دریائے ہیلا”
- Venetian: “Gila”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Gila”
- Welsh: “Afon Gila”
- Wu Chinese: “希拉河”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Prado Estates and The Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: North Gila Valley and South Gila Valley.
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Worth a closer look: Phoenix and Tucson.
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