Coyote Wash (California)
| Coyote Wash (California) | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Imperial County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | eastern slope of Jacumba Mountains |
| • coordinates | 32°42′06″N 116°02′46″W / 32.70167°N 116.04611°W |
| • elevation | 1,830 ft (560 m) |
| Mouth | terminus of the wash into the sands west of New River. |
• coordinates | 32°48′35″N 115°48′04″W / 32.80972°N 115.80111°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 22 mi (35 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | terminus of the wash into the sands west of New River |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | South Fork Coyote Wash |
| • right | Palm Canyon Wash, Myer Creek |
Coyote Wash, an arroyo, and ephemeral stream or wash running east from the Jacumba Mountains through Coyote Wells where it broadens into a wide sandy wash, takes in Myer Creek, South Fork Coyote Wash, Palm Canyon Wash and passes Sackett's Wells, then a point 1.5 miles the north of Plaster City, from which it flows toward the New River, where it sinks into the sands just below sea level, west of the river, in the Yuha Desert in Imperial County, California.