Aquarius Mountains
The Aquarius Mountains are a 45-mi (72 km) long mountain range in southeast Mohave County, Arizona. The range lies in the northwest of the Arizona transition zone, and at the southwest of the Coconino Plateau, a subsection of the Colorado Plateau.
| Aquarius Mountains | |
|---|---|
Aquarius Mountains Aquarius Mountains in Arizona | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Snow Mountain (Arizona) |
| Elevation | 5,879 ft (1,792 m) |
| Coordinates | 35°03′38″N 113°30′19″W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 45 mi (72 km) N-S |
| Width | 15 mi (24 km) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Regions | Arizona transition zone and Mojave Desert |
| County | Mohave |
| Settlements | Wikieup, Cane Springs and Kingman |
| Range coordinates | 34°55′05″N 113°26′29″W |
| Borders on | Hualapai Mountains, Big Sandy River, Peacock Mountains, I-40, Mohon Mountains, Goodwin Mesa, Burro Creek Wilderness, McCracken Mountains and Poachie Range |
The Aquarius Mountains are on the perimeter of the transition zone, and border the south-flowing Big Sandy River and Valley on its west; adjacent further west is the massif of the Hualapai Mountains, a block faulted Basin and Range landform bordered westwards by the north–south Sacramento Valley.
Mohave County and northwest Arizona, is also a southeastwards extension of the Mojave Desert which extends down to Wickenburg, Arizona, on the southwest perimeter of the Arizona transition zone. Joshua trees can be found here, and the route north from Wickenburg, U.S. Route 93 in Arizona is called the Joshua Tree Highway. The region is at the northwest border of Arizona's Sonoran Desert region of the lower elevation deserts, as they merge northwest into higher elevations of Mohave County.