Bill Williams

Here's another view of Sweetwater Strand, taken from a slightly different angle.

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Wait a minute, they aren't cypress trees ! And that isn't south Florida!

This is a scenic view of the Bill Williams River in southern Arizona, a tributary in the Gila River Basin, and home to cottonwood forest along its riparian fringe.

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The riparian corridors are the "jewels of the desert."

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This photo was taken by graduate student Scott Simpson and submitted by Professor Tom Meixner of the University of Arizona.