What is Santa Cruz River?
[[File:Gilarivermap.png|right|thumb|250px|Map of the Santa Cruz River.]] The '''Santa Cruz River''' is a river in southern [[Arizona]], [[United States]], and northern [[Sonora]], [[Mexico]]. The Santa Cruz has its headwaters in the high intermontane grasslands of the [[San Rafael Valley]] to the east of [[Patagonia, Arizona|Patagonia]] between the Canelo Hills to the east and the [[Patagonia Mountains]] to the west. It flows southward into [[Mexico]] and turns westward, and reenters the [[United States]] just to the east of [[Nogales, Arizona|Nogales]]. It then continues northward from the International border at Nogales past the [[Tumacacori National Historical Park]], [[Tubac, Arizona|Tubac]], [[Green Valley, Arizona|Green Valley]], [[Sahuarita]], [[San Xavier del Bac]], and [[Tucson]] to the Santa Cruz Flats just to the south of [[Casa Grande]] and the [[Gila River]]. == Other websites == * [http://sonoran.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=161 Santa Cruz River Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114041135/http://sonoran.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=161 |date=2007-11-14 }} * [http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/sanrafael.html San Rafael Ranch Natural Area and state park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212095645/http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/sanrafael.html |date=2005-12-12 }} {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of Mexico]] [[Category:Rivers of Arizona]] [[Category:Sonora]]