Santa Cruz River (New Mexico)
{{Short description|River in New Mexico, United States}}
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| name = Santa Cruz River
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| image = Rio Medio Rio Frijoles confluence to make Santa Cruz River.jpg
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| image_caption = The Rio Medio (foreground) and Rio Frijoles (background) flow together here to make the Santa Cruz River, which crosses to the right under New Mexico route 503 above Santa Cruz Lake.
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| pushpin_map = New Mexico
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = New Mexico
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| subdivision_name3 = Rio Arriba, Santa Fe
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| source1_location = Cundiyo, New Mexico
| source1_coordinates= {{Coord|35.9650253|-105.9047426|type:river|display=inline}}
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| mouth_location = Espanola, New Mexico
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| river_system = Rio Grande
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The Santa Cruz River of New Mexico is a tributary of the Rio Grande at Española, New Mexico. The Santa Cruz River valley is the site of El Santuario de Chimayo, a mission chapel built by early Spanish colonists of the Santa Fe area.{{cite book |last1=Henderson |first1=Richard R. |title=A Preliminary Inventory of Spanish Colonial Resources Associated with National Park Service Units and National Historic Landmarks, 1987 |date=1989 |publisher=United States Committee, International Council on Monuments and Sites, for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service |isbn=9780911697032 |page=161 |access-date=3 June 2021 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AIkIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22santa+cruz+river%22+chimayo}}{{GNIS|918352|Santa Cruz River}}
File:Santa Cruz River at NM 98, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.jpg
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{{wide image|File:Santa Cruz River, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.jpg|700px|Panoramic view of the Santa Cruz River behind El Santuario de Chimayo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico}}