Montezuma Well in 2016Montezuma Well irrigation ditch, used since antiquity, but rebuilt many times.The pithouse ruin; the two largest holes in the dirt floor held the timber which supported the roof. The holes around the edge reveal the outline of the structure.
Montezuma Well (Yavapai: ʼHakthkyayva), a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument,[1] is a natural limestone sinkhole near the town of Lake Montezuma, Arizona, through which some 1,500,000 US gallons (5,700,000 L; 1,200,000 imp gal) of water emerge each day from an underground spring. It is located about 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Montezuma Castle.
The "well" measures 386 feet (118 m) in diameter from rim to rim and contains a near-constant volume of spring water even in times of severe drought. The water is highly carbonated and contains high levels of arsenic. At least five endemic species, the most of any spring in the southwestern United States, are found exclusively in Montezuma Well: a diatom, the Montezuma Well springsnail, a water scorpion, the Hyalella montezuma amphipod, and the Motobdella montezuma leech.
Montezuma Well's steady outflow has been used for irrigation since the 8th century. Part of a prehistoric irrigation ditch is preserved near the park's picnic ground, and portions of the ditch's original route are still in use today.
As with Montezuma Castle, the label "Montezuma" is a misnomer: the Aztec emperor Montezuma had no connection to the site or the early indigenous peoples that occupied the area.
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64917°N 111.75222°W / 34.64917; -111.75222 MontezumaWell (Yavapai: ʼHakthkyayva), a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, is a natural limestone...
The MontezumaWell springsnail (Pyrgulopsis montezumensis) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to...
Montezuma Castle National Monument protects a set of well-preserved dwellings located in Camp Verde, Arizona, which were built and used by the Sinagua...
Look up Moctezuma or Montezuma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Montezuma or Moctezuma may refer to: Moctezuma I (1398–1469), the second Aztec emperor...
Motobdella montezuma is a species of leech which is only found in MontezumaWell, central Arizona, United States. It is a nocturnal pelagic predator that...
Ranatra montezuma is a species of waterscorpion in the family Nepidae. It is endemic to MontezumaWell in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. "Ranatra...
Hyalella montezuma is a pelagic amphipod. It lives in MontezumaWell, an oasis in central Arizona. It is the only food of the endemic leech Motobdella...
excludes examples kept by humans in botanical gardens or zoological parks, as well as populations introduced outside of their native ranges.[citation needed]...
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elevations across the Verde Valley of central Arizona; Montezuma Castle National Monument, MontezumaWell, Tuzigoot National Monument, Palatki and Honanki Archaeological...
the two is at McGuireville, Arizona. Beaver Creek flows past MontezumaWell and Montezuma Castle before joining the Verde River near Camp Verde, Arizona...
west of Branson, Missouri, on top of Roark Mountain in Stone County MontezumaWell – a natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, Arizona Mount Joy Pond...
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The Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known...
believe that the Mountain Spirits dwelled in the caves of Montezuma Castle and MontezumaWell in the Verde Valley. The modern Yavapai take part in several...
completed by this time. The final section of I-17, near Camp Verde and Montezuma Castle, began construction in February 1977 and opened to traffic in August...
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, encompassing part of the Montezuma...
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February 12, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016 – via National Archives. "Montezuma Castle National Monument". National Park Service. Retrieved January 24...
(1982). "Nocturnal Planktonic Behavior of Ranatra montezuma Polhemus (Nepidae: Hemiptera) in MontezumaWell, Arizona". Journal of the Kansas Entomological...
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