This is a list of adjoining wilderness areas for the Lower Colorado River Valley. The List of Lower Colorado River Valley Wilderness Areas (Colorado River) is separated into the west side of the Colorado River: California-Nevada–and the east side of the Colorado River: for Arizona.
West-bank, East-bank wilderness areas
The numbered Mountain ranges abut the Colorado River proper, and are somewhat arbitrary. (Though the river flows north to south, a few ranges are East–West, or Northwest–Southeast, per the original Basin and Range faulting.)
List of Wilderness Areas at top and bottom of lists.
- (- I -) Eldorado Wilderness, (Nevada)
- (- II -) North McCullough Wilderness, (Nevada)
- (- III -) Spirit Mountain Wilderness, (Nevada)
- (- IV -) Mojave National Preserve
- (- V -) Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
- (- VI -) Dead Mountains Wilderness
- (- VII -) Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness
- (- VIII -) Whipple Mountains Wilderness
- (- IX -) Turtle Mountains Wilderness
- West Bank–Colorado Riv.
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- (Boulder City, Nevada)
- 1–El Dorado Mountains–Nevada
- El Dorado Canyon, (Nelson, Nev.)
- 2–Newberry Mountains (Nevada)
- Pyramid Canyon
- 3–Piute Range–Calif/Nevada
- New York Mountains-(Mojave National Preserve)–Calif/Nevada
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- Turtle Mountains4–Sacramento Mountains (California)
- Turtle Mountains,5–-Whipple Mountains
- Turtle Mountains,5.5–Nopah Range-Vidal Valley
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- 6–Riverside Mountains
- Sand dunes,--Rice Valley
- Big Maria Mountains
- Little Maria Mountains,7–Big Maria Mountains
- 8–McCoy Mountains
- Palo Verde Valley
- 9–Mule Mountains (California)
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- 10–Chuckwalla Mountains
- 11–Chocolate Mountains
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- 13–Cargo Muchacho Mountains
- Indian Pass Wilderness
- Little Picacho Wilderness
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- Colorado Desert–W. Sonoran Des.
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- West Bank–Colorado Riv.
- (- X -) Riverside Mountains Wilderness
- (- XI -) Rice Valley Wilderness
- (- XII -) Big Maria Mountains Wilderness
- (- XIII -) Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness
- (- IX -) Indian Pass Wilderness
- (- X -) Picacho Peak Wilderness
- (- XI -) Little Picacho Wilderness
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- (- I -) Mount Wilson Wilderness
- (- II -) Mount Tipton Wilderness
- (- III -) Wabayuma Peak Wilderness
- (- IV -) Mount Nutt Wilderness
- (- V -) Warm Springs Wilderness
- (- VI -) Havasu Lake
- (- VII -) Aubrey Peak Wilderness
- (- VIII -) Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
- (- IX -) Swansea Wilderness
- (- X -) Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- East Bank–Colorado Riv.
- Lake Mead
- Black Mtns: Mount Wilson (5445 ft)
- Detrital Plain, White Hills
- 1–Black Mountains, Cerbat Mountains
- 2–Black Mesa (western Arizona), Hualapai Mountains
- Mohave Valley, 2.5–Black Mesa (western Arizona)
- 3–Mohave Mountains
- Dutch Flat, McCracken Mountains, Poachie Range
- Rawhide Mountains
- 4–Buckskin Mountains
- La Posa Plain, Plomosa Mountains
- 5–Dome Rock Mountains, Harcuvar Mountains
- Kofa Mountains
- Castle Dome Mountains
- 6–Trigo Mountains, Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)
- Yuma Proving Ground
- Laguna Mountains (Arizona)7–Muggins Mountains
- Laguna Mountains (Arizona)
- 8–Gila Mountains (Yuma County), Tinajas Altas Mountains, Lechuguilla Desert
- Sonoran Desert
- Reserva de la Biosfera el Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
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- East Bank–Colorado Riv.
- (- XI -) Aubrey Peak Wilderness
- (- XII -) Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
- (- XIII -) Swansea Wilderness
- (- X -) Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- Bill Williams River
- (- xx -) Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- (- xx -) Swansea Wilderness
- (- XIV -) Gibralter Mountain Wilderness
- (- XV -) EastCactus PlainWilderness
- (- XVI -) New Water Mountains Wilderness//Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
- (- XVII -) Trigo Mountains Wilderness
- (- XVIII -) Muggins Mountains Wilderness
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The western route parallelling the Colorado River, covers more plains, of the Colorado Desert/Mojave Desert, rising to, and down from various mountain passes, (for example south of Needles, California(the Sacramento Mountains (California)), or Searchlight, Nevada). Washes-(no rivers), drain from the west into the Lower Colorado River, south from Lake Mead-Hoover Dam.
Alphabetical list
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- ARIZONA
- Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
- Aubrey Peak Wilderness
- EastCactus PlainWilderness
- Gibralter Mountain Wilderness
- Havasu Lake Wilderness
- Mount Nutt Wilderness
- Mount Tipton Wilderness
- Mount Wilson Wilderness
- Muggins Mountains Wilderness
- New Water Mountains Wilderness
- Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- Swansea Wilderness
- Trigo Mountains Wilderness
- Wabayuma Peak Wilderness
- Warm Springs Wilderness
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