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Aguaje Canyon

Coordinates: 37°13′46″N 103°43′52″W / 37.22944°N 103.73111°W / 37.22944; -103.73111
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Aguaje Canyon Stream
Aguaje Canyon is located in Colorado
Aguaje Canyon
Location of mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyLas Animas County
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
37°13′46″N 103°43′52″W / 37.22944°N 103.73111°W / 37.22944; -103.73111
 • elevation
5,351 ft (1,631 m)
Basin features
River systemPurgatoire River

Aguaje Canyon is a canyon stream in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. Its mouth is located at an elevation of 5,351 feet (1,631 m). Its source is at an elevation of 5,445 feet (1,660 m) at 37°13′20″N 103°44′23″W / 37.22222°N 103.73972°W / 37.22222; -103.73972. A spring, or aguaje, is found at its head from which flows as a tributary stream into the Chacuaco Creek at its canyon mouth, in Chacuaco Canyon, which is a tributary of the Purgatoire River.[1]

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