Chinle Valley
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 Chinle Valley, between Black Mesa west, and the mountain ranges to the east & southeast
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| Country | United States |
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| States | Arizona, Utah |
| Regions | Colorado Plateau section of Arizona Colorado Plateau Navajo section |
| Counties | Apache County, AZ, San Juan County, UT |
| Borders on | Black Mesa-W Monument Valley-NW Carrizo Mountains-E Lukachukai Mountains-SE Chuska Mountains-SSE Canyon de Chelly & Defiance Plateau-S & SSE |
| Communities | Rock Point, AZ, Round Rock, AZ, Many Farms, AZ, Chinle, AZ, Mexican Water, AZ, (Bluff, UT) |
| Lake | Many Farms Lake |
| River | Chinle Creek & Chinle Wash |
| Coordinates | 36°39′30″N 109°40′06″W / 36.65833°N 109.66833°WCoordinates: 36°39′30″N 109°40′06″W / 36.65833°N 109.66833°W |
| Highest point | Lone Rock (southwest of Rock Point, Arizona) |
| Lowest point | Chinle Creek |
| - location | Chinle Wash, north Chinle Valley |
| Length | 65 mi (105 km), N-S |
 Chinle Valley of Arizona and Utah
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Chinle Valley is a 65-mile (105 km) long valley located mostly in Apache County Arizona. Chinle Creek continues north into Utah to meet the San Juan River (Utah).
Chinle Valley is defined by the course of Chinle Wash, with the region as part of the high elevation Colorado Plateau. Numerous washes and creeks feed the Chinle Wash, because the valley lies among higher elevation regions; the Black Mesa borders its west and southwest, the Carrizo, Lukachukai, and Chuska Mountains border east and southeast. The south valley region is part of the northwest of the Defiance Plateau-(Defiace Uplift), and is the location ol Canyon de Chelly National Monument.
Chinle Valley is one of the locations for the Chinle Formation, (no type locality), of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and west Texas.
Monument Valley, of Arizona and Utah, is at the northwest border of Chinle Valley.
Chinle Valley is mostly a north-south trending valley, about 65-mi long. The valley contains numerous smaller mesas, and associated washes, that all trend into the centerline of the north-flowing Chinle Creek, (Chinle Wash).
The low point of the valley is in the north, where Chinle Creek continues north to meet the San Juan River in Utah, about 16-mi distant from Mexican Water, Arizona.
Two lakes are found in Chinle Valley. Many Farms Lake is located on Sheep Dip Creek at Many Farms, Arizona, about 1.5-mi from the Chinle Wash. Just northeast, and 3-mi southeast of Round Rock, Arizona is Round Rock Reservoir, located on Navajo Route 12, and between Lukachukai Creek (from the Lukachukai Mountains, 7-mi east), and Agua Sal Creek, from the northwest Chuska Mountains (the small Tunitcha Mountains area).
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