Kogin Puerco

Kogin Puerco
General information
Tsawo	269 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	34°53′20″N 110°07′16″W
Kasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Territory	Arizona
Hydrography (en)
Tributary (en)	duba Black Creek (en)
Watershed area (en)	6,874 km²
Ruwan ruwa	Little Colorado River Basin (en)
River mouth (en)	Little Colorado River (en)

Puerco River Rio Puerco or “Perky”
Flowing near Puerco Pueblo, in Petrified Forest National Park
The mouth of the Puerco River on the Little Colorado River, northeast-central Arizona
Location
Country	United States
State	Arizona, New Mexico
Region	Colorado Plateau
Physical characteristics
Source	near Hosta Butte
• location	McKinley County, New Mexico
• coordinates	35°34′33″N 108°10′52″W
• elevation	7,930 ft (2,420 m)
Mouth	Little Colorado River
• location	near Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona
• coordinates	34°53′20″N 110°07′17″W
• elevation	5,102 ft (1,555 m)
Length	167 mi (269 km)
Basin size	2,654 sq mi (6,870 km2)
Discharge
• location	near Chambers, Arizona
• average	70 cu ft/s (2.0 m3/s)
• minimum	0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
• maximum	17,800 cu ft/s (500 m3/s)

Kogin Puerco ko Rio Puerco wani yanki ne na Kogin Little Colorado a arewa maso yammacin New Mexico da arewa maso gabashin Arizona . Yana gudana ta cikin busasshiyar ƙasa, gami da Hamadar Fentin .

Suna

Kogin Puerco wani lokaci ana kiransa Rio Puerco na Yamma, don bambanta shi da Rio Puerco na Gabas wanda ke tashi a cikin kusanci ɗaya amma yana gudana gabas zuwa Rio Grande .

Ko da yake kalmar Puerco tana nufin alade, ita ma tana nufin ƙazanta ko ƙazanta a cikin Mutanen Espanya, wannan amfani a kudu maso yammacin Amurka an fi fassara shi azaman Dirty River ko Muddy River saboda babban abun ciki na silt da laka.

Geography

Kogin da ke tsaka-tsaki shi ne babban kogin Little Colorado, wanda ke yankin kogin Colorado . Yana zubar da wani yanki na kusan 2,654 square miles (6,870 km²) kuma 167 miles (269 km) tsawo. Matsakaicin fitarwa na kogin yana da ƙasa da ƙasa, ƙasa da 70 cubic feet per second (2.0 m³/s) a cikin shekaru na al'ada, saboda kwandon ruwanta ya bushe sosai. A mafi yawan shekara, kogin Puerco wani wanki ne wanda ke ɗauke da ruwa kaɗan ko babu, kodayake manyan ambaliyar ruwa na iya faruwa a cikin ruwan sama.

Hakika

Kogin Puerco a cikin gundumar McKinley, New Mexico .

Ruwan ruwan kogin Puerco yana kan gangaren yamma na Rarraba Nahiyar Amurka, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) gabas da Hosta Butte, a cikin gundumar McKinley, New Mexico . Tana kwararowa daga farko arewa, sannan yamma, ta cikin wani faffadan kwarin hamada mai iyaka da manyan tudu da duwatsu. Yana wucewa ƙarƙashin Interstate 40, kuma yana karɓar Kogin Fork Puerco ta Kudu daga dama-kudu kusa da Gallup . Domin mafi yawan sauran tafarkinsa, I-40 da tsohon Atchison, Topeka da Santa Fe Railway (yanzu BNSF Railway ) waƙoƙi suna bin kwarin kogin.

Kogin Puerco ya ketare zuwa Apache County, Arizona . Yana gudana ta hanyar Houck, Sanders, da Chambers, sa'an nan kuma yana gudana ta tsakiyar gandun daji na Petrified Forest National Park, inda Lithodendron Wash ya shiga daga hagu-arewa. Daga nan kogin ya ratsa kudu maso yamma zuwa mahadarsa da Kogin Little Colorado, kusa da gabashin Holbrook .

Zazzagewa

Cibiyar Nazarin Kasa ta Amurka (USGS) tana aiki da ma'aunin kogin Puerco 1 mile (1.6 km) kudu maso yamma na Chambers a Arizona. Matsakaicin fitarwa da wannan ma'aunin ya rubuta tsakanin 1971 da 2009 shine 17,800 cubic feet per second (500 m³/s) a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1971, kuma mafi ƙarancin fitarwa ya kasance sau da yawa sifili, daga magudanar ruwa mai 2,156 square miles (5,580 km²) .

Gurbacewar ruwa

Navajos a cikin kwarin Puerco sun yi amfani da ruwa mai zurfi a cikin kogin Puerco don shayar da dabbobi shekaru da yawa.

Daga 1950s zuwa farkon 1980s, kogin Puerco yana gudana kusan ci gaba da ciyar da shi ta hanyar hakar ma'adinan ruwa, wasu ba a kula da su ba, daga ma'adinan uranium a sama.

Zubewar rediyoaktif

Zubewar niƙa uranium na Church Rock yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi munin zubewar radiyo a tarihin Amurka. A ranar 16 ga Yuli, 1979, wani tafki na wutsiya a masana'antar uranium na Church Rock, mallakar United Nuclear Corporation, ya keta madatsar ruwa da 93. miliyan galan (350,000 m ³ ) na rediyoaktif, maganin wutsiya na uranium acidic ya kwarara zuwa cikin cokali mai yatsu na Arewa na Kogin Puerco. Kimanin 1,100 short tons (1,000 t) na sharar ma'adinan Uranium ya gurɓata 250 acres (100 ha) na ƙasa kuma har zuwa 50 miles (80 km) na kogin Puerco.