Editing Yuma County, Arizona (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|5519|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|5514|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.1|sqmi}} (0.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 23, 2015|date=August 23, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The [[List of U.S. states by elevation|lowest point]] in the state of Arizona is on the [[Colorado River]] in [[San Luis, Arizona|San Luis]] in Yuma County, where it flows out of Arizona and into [[Sonora]] in [[Mexico]].

Yuma County is in the west, and northwestern regions of the north–south [[Sonoran Desert]] that extends through [[Sonora]] state of Mexico to the border of northern [[Sinaloa]] state. West of the county across the [[Colorado River]] in southeast California is the [[Colorado Desert]], (a northwestern subregion of the Sonoran Desert). North of the county, with La Paz County the regions merge into the southeastern [[Mojave Desert]]. Southwest of Yuma County, is the entirety of Northwest Mexico, at the north shoreline of the [[Gulf of California]], and the outlet of the Colorado River into the [[Colorado River Delta]] region, now altered with lack of freshwater inputs. Notable mountains in Yuma County include the [[Gila Mountains (Yuma County)|Gila Mountains]] and the [[Tule Mountains]].

===Adjacent counties and municipalities===
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* [[La Paz County, Arizona|La Paz County]] – north
* [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] – east
* [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]] – southeast
* [[Sonora, Mexico]] – south
* [[Baja California|Baja California, Mexico]] – southwest
* [[Imperial County, California]] – west
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===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-8 (AZ).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 8]]
* [[Image:US 80 (AZ historic).svg|20px]] [[Historic U.S. Route 80 (Arizona)|Historic U.S. Route 80]]
* [[Image:US 95.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 95 in Arizona|U.S. Route 95]]
* [[Image:Arizona 195.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 195]]

===National protected areas===
* [[Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Imperial National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Kofa National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

===Climate===
{{Yuma, Arizona weatherbox}}