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Santa Cruz River

Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Jul 7, 2022
Jul 7, 2022 Updated Jul 7, 2022

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Santa Cruz River — A sunflower grows in a channel leading to the Santa Cruz River on the Tohono O'odham Nation on Sept. 18, 2019.
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