Cañada del Oro

Cañada del Oro
Country	United States (Arizona)
Basin features
Main source	Mount Lemmon (north face) 2,768 m (9,081 ft)
River mouth	Santa Cruz River
Physical characteristics
Length	77.25 km (48.00 mi)

The Cañada del Oro (Spanish for Canyon of Gold), is a primary watershed channel in the valley of Tucson, Arizona, USA. The word cañada has a tilde (ñ) and is pronounced [kaˈɲaða] in Spanish; in English it is pronounced /kəˈnjɑːdə/ kə-NYAH-də, not like the country of Canada.

The Cañada del Oro originates in the remote Canyon del Oro in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, fed by rainfall and melted snow from the northern face of Mount Lemmon and flows northward toward the town of Oracle. The Cañada del Oro is a perennial creek in Canyon del Oro while at higher altitudes. The Cañada del Oro curves from flowing northward to southward through the town of Oro Valley north of Tucson, where it is usually a dry riverbed. In Oro Valley the Cañada del Oro collects watershed from the western face of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The Cañada del Oro ultimately feeds into the Santa Cruz River just northwest of Tucson, the principal watershed channel in the Tucson valley.

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