Gila River

The Gila River is a 649-mile-long tributary of the flowing through and 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.
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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.

is the largest city and county seat of County, . It is in the southwest corner of the state, across the from and near two states of Baja California and .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, located along County Route S24. It lies at an elevation of 138 feet. is situated 5 miles north of Gila River.

Village
is a census-designated place in , California. is 6.5 miles east of , The population was 390 at the 2020 census. is situated 5 miles west of Gila River.

Gila River

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
Geo­Names ID
5295893
Wiki­data ID
Q838143
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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

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Notable Places Nearby

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