Chaco Wash
The Chaco Wash is an arroyo cutting through Chaco Canyon, which is located in northwestern New Mexico on the Colorado Plateau. Another arroyo known as Escavada Wash is a tributary that feeds in from the northeast, near the western end of Chaco Canyon.- Stream
- Description: arroyo in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
- Also known as“Chaco Arroyo”“Chaco River”“North Fork Chaco Wash”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peñasco Blanco and Casa Chiquita.
Peñasco Blanco
Protected area
Peñasco Blanco is a Chacoan Ancestral Puebloan great…
Casa Chiquita
Archaeological site
Casa Chiquita is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and… Casa Chiquita is situated 2 miles southeast of Chaco Wash.
Chaco Wash
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Latitude
36.08613° or 36° 5′ 10″ north
Longitude
-108.00812° or 108° 0′ 29″ west
Open location code
858H3XPR+FQ
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Chaco Wash” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chaco Wash”
- Chinese: “查科旱谷”
- Dutch: “Chaco Wash”
- French: “Chaco Wash”
- Hungarian: “Chaco-kanyon”
- Italian: “Chaco Wash”
- Japanese: “チャコ川”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clys Canyon and Chaco Culture National Historic Park Historical Marker.
New Mexico: Highlights
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