Bavispe
Bavispe is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 30.26°, -108.89°
About Bavispe
The Rio Bavispe or Bavispe River is a river in Mexico which flows briefly north then mainly south by southwest until it joins with the Aros River to become the Yaqui River, eventually joining the Gulf of California.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Bavispe River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Bavispe in Depth
Ecology
The river hosts an assemblage of native fishes: Yaqui trout, three suckers (Bavispe, Rio Grande, and Yaqui), Mexican stoneroller, roundtail chub, Yaqui catfish, beautiful shiner and longfin dace. Non-native fish include predatory black and yellow bullhead (Ameiras melas and Ameiras natalis).
Important threatened or endangered mammals include the Sonoran pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis), Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), jaguar (Panthera onca), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi), and lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae).
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Bavispe River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Bavispe: Key Facts
| Mouth | Sonora |
|---|---|
| Tributaries | Batevito River |
Facts from Wikidata Q4873719 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Bavispe: Quick Answers
- Where is Bavispe?
- Bavispe is located in Mexico, at 30.2612° N, 108.8926° W.
- Are there dams on the Bavispe?
- No dam on the Bavispe is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.