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Arizona Riparian Areas Map. Map 3 of 7. One of the most important riparian areas in the United States the San Pedro River runs through the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Desert transition zone in southeastern Arizona. Healthy riparian and wetland areas are critical to healthy watersheds and wildlife habitat. More than half of these are totally dependent on riparian areas.
The riparian area where some 40 miles 64 km of the upper San Pedro River meanders was designated by Congress as a Riparian National Conservation Area on November 18 1988. Riparian areas serve as habitats and travel corridors for vegetative communities. The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area NCA contains almost 57000 acres of public land in Cochise County Arizona between the international border and St. Map 5 of 7. Some estimate the acreages of riparian areas in Arizona are only 113000 hectares with 40750 hecatres along the Gila River alone Pase. Congress designated the riparian area as a Riparian National Conservation Area on November 18 1988.
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Riparian areas serve as habitats and travel corridors for vegetative communities. San Pedro Riparian NCA. Arizona has had major floods and drought periods Table 31. In Arizona some estimate that riparian areas are only 04 of. The riparian area where some 40 miles 64 km of the upper San Pedro River meanders was designated by Congress as a Riparian National Conservation Area on November 18 1988. San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Map.