Puerco River
The Puerco River is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. It flows through arid terrain, including the Painted Desert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Rio Puerco”, “Rio Puerco del Oriente”, “Rio Puerco del Ouest”, “Rio Puerco of the West”, and “The Perky”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holbrook.
Holbrook
Photo: Bradley Gordon, CC BY 2.0.
Holbrook is a town on Route 66 in the Mogollon Rim in Eastern Arizona, once known as the "town too rough for women and churches." The town makes a convenient base for visiting Petrified Forest National Park.
Puerco River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Navajo County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Puerco River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Puerco”
- Cebuano: “Puerco River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Arizona)”
- Cebuano: “Puerco River”
- Chinese: “普埃科河”
- Czech: “Puerco River”
- Czech: “Puerco”
- Dutch: “Puerco River”
- Dutch: “Puerco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پويركو”
- Hausa: “Kogin Puerco”
- Irish: “Abhainn Puerco”
- Russian: “Пуэрко”
- Venetian: “Puerco”
- Welsh: “Afon Puerco”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Clearview Heights and Rosedale Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hunt Park and Holbrook station.
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