Vidal Valley
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Aerial view of the Parker Valley, with the extreme southeast exit of Vidal Valley (photo, bottom right) into the Colorado River region (Parker Valley). Also shows Riverside Mountains & attached West Riverside Mountains at center right. The Big Maria Mountains are above at right (on horizon) to the south. The small mountain range across the Colorado River in Arizona (to the east) is the Mesquite Mountains. |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| Region | (east)-Colorado Desert (Lower Colorado River Valley) |
| Districts | San Bernardino County, CA, Riverside County, CA |
| Borders on | Whipple Mountains-E & NE Turtle Mountains-W West Riverside & Riverside Mountains-SW Rice Valley-SW Chemehuevi Wash & Valley-N |
| Cities | Vidal Junction, CA, Vidal, CA, Rig River, CA |
| River | Vidal Wash & Colorado River |
| Coordinates | 34°11′20″N 114°34′26″W / 34.18889°N 114.57389°WCoordinates: 34°11′20″N 114°34′26″W / 34.18889°N 114.57389°W |
| Length | 20 mi (32 km), NW-SE |
| Width | 10 mi (16 km) |
 Vidal Valley in California
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Vidal Valley is a 20-mile (32 km) long valley in the far eastern Colorado Desert bordering the Colorado River. Most of the valley is in eastern San Bernardino County, California, but the outfall on the Colorado River is in northeast Riverside County. Vidal Valley forms the large border of the south side of the east-west block of the Whipple Mountains massif, the landform that forces the Colorado to flow southeast, then back southwest. The southeast exit of the valley into Parker Valley on the Colorado River skirts the north end of the Riverside Mountains (see photo). The Colorado River Aqueduct crosses the midpoint of the valley at Vidal Junction, California. The Vidal Valley also lies due east of the Danby Dry Lake landform.
Vidal Valley is bordered by the Whipple Mountains on the northeast and the Riverside Mountains on the south. The valley drains mostly northwest-to-southeast, with its outfall into a southwest-flowing section of the Colorado River. The north of the valley is bordered on the west by the Turtle Mountains, and the south side of the Chemehuevi Valley. The center point of the valley, both east-west and north-south is at Vidal Junction located at U.S. Route 95 in California and California State Route 62. Vidal Junction is located at 34°11′20″N 114°34′26″W / 34.18889°N 114.57389°W.
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