Fuerte River
The Fuerte River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. It flows from headwaters in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California.
Course
It begins at the junction of the Rio Verde and Urique River, in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range. It flows generally southwest for a distance of, with its river mouth on the Gulf of California at Lechuguilla Island, west of the city of Los Mochis.Miguel Hidalgo Dam impounds the river near the town of El Fuerte creating the state's largest reservoir, Embalse de Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. The water is used extensively for agricultural irrigation in northern Sinaloa and southern Sonora states.