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Río Bravo
The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio Grande is , making it the 4th longest river in the United States and in North America by main stem. It originates in south-central Colorado, in the United States, and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. The Rio Grande drainage basin (watershed) has an area of ; however, the endorheic basins that are adjacent to and within the greater drainage basin of the Rio Grande increase the total drainage-basin area to . The Rio Grande with its fertile valley, along with its tributaries, is a vital water source for seven U.S. and Mexican states, and flows primarily through arid and semi-arid lands. After traversing the length of New Mexico, the Rio Grande becomes the Mexico–United States border, between the U.S. state of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, and was named after a Big Bend (Texas), large bend in the Rio Grande, Rio Grande/Río Bravo. The park protects more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals. Additional park activities include scenic drives, programs led by Big Bend park rangers, and stargazing. The area has a rich cultural history, from Prehistoric art, archeological sites dating back nearly 10,000 years to more recent pioneers, ranchers, and miners. The Chisos Mountains are located in the park, and are the only mountain range in the United States to be fully contained within the boundary of a national park. Geological features in the park include sea fossils and Fos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the southeast by Cuba. The coastal areas along the Southern U.S. states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, which border the Gulf on the north, are occasionally referred to as the "Third Coast" of the United States (in addition to its Atlantic and Pacific coasts), but more often as "the Gulf Coast". The Gulf of Mexico took shape about 300 million years ago (mya) as a result of plate tectonics. The Gulf of Mexico basin is roughly oval and is about wide. Its floor consists of sedimentary rocks and recent sediments. It is connected to part of the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conejos River
The Conejos River is a tributary of the Rio Grande, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 31, 2011 in south-central Colorado in the United States. It drains a scenic area of the eastern San Juan Mountains west of the San Luis Valley. Description It rises from snowmelt along the continental divide west of Conejos Peak in western Conejos County, approximately northeast of Pagosa Springs. It flows briefly northeast, through Platoro Reservoir, then southeast through the Rio Grande National Forest, then east along the New Mexico border through a scenic canyon. It enters the southwestern corner of the San Luis Valley from the west near Conejos and joins the Rio Grande from the west approximately 15 mi (24 km) southeast of Alamosa. It is impounded at Platoro Reservoir for flood control and to manage irrigation in the San Luis Valley, as part of the San Luis Valley Project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devils River (Texas)
The Devils River in southwestern Texas, part of the Rio Grande drainage basin, has limited areas of whitewater along its length. It begins in northwest Sutton County, at , where six watercourses come together, Dry Devils River, Granger Draw, House Draw, Jackson, Flat Rock Draw, and Rough Canyon. It flows southwest for through Val Verde County and empties into the northeastern shore of the Amistad Reservoir, an impoundment of the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas on the Texas/Mexico border, . The discharge of the Devils River, as measured at IBWC gaging station 08-4494.00 near the river's mouth, averages , with a maximum of and a minimum of . Its drainage basin above that point is . The Devils River is considered the most unspoiled river in Texas. Its remote location in a hostile environment limits pollution from human and domestic animal populations. In addition, the river flows underground for part of its journey. As it passes underground, the gravel, sand and limestone scru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pecos River
The Pecos River ( ; ) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). The river flows for 926 miles (1,490 km) before reaching the Rio Grande near Del Rio. Its drainage basin encompasses about 44,300 square miles (115,000 km2).Largest Rivers of the United States USGS The name "Pecos" derives from the Keresan (Native American language) term for the Pecos Pueblo, '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terlingua Creek
Terlingua Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande. See also * List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers ... * List of tributaries of the Rio Grande References Tributaries of the Rio Grande Rivers of Texas Bodies of water of Brewster County, Texas {{Texas-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alamito Creek
Alamito Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande, which is joins near Presidio, Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers ... * List of tributaries of the Rio Grande References Rivers of Texas Tributaries of the Rio Grande Bodies of water of Presidio County, Texas {{Texas-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galisteo Creek
The Galisteo Basin is a surface basin and a closely related groundwater basin in north-central New Mexico. Its primary watercourse is the Galisteo River or Galisteo Creek, a perennial stream, for part of its course, that flows from the eastern highlands down into the Rio Grande about three miles above the Santo Domingo Pueblo. The Galisteo basin covers approximately 467,200 acres and runs from San Miguel County in the east, across Santa Fe County, and into Sandoval County at its westernmost point, the Rio Grande. Northeast of Galisteo Basin rise the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and to the southwest lie the Sandia Mountains. Because of its location lying between mountain ranges and connecting the upper Rio Grande Valley with the Great Plains, the Galisteo Basin was used as a trade route by prehistoric and historic indigenous and later also by the Spanish explorers. Geology left, looking out over the Galisteo Basin at sunset, alt=the Ortiz Mountains, Sandia Mountains, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe River (New Mexico)
The Santa Fe River is a river in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Santa Fe and Sandoval County, New Mexico, Sandoval counties in New Mexico, United States, that is a tributary of the Rio Grande. Description The river starts in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Sangre de Cristo mountain range and passes through the state capital, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe providing approximately 40% of the city's water supply. It is an Stream#Intermittent and ephemeral streams, intermittent stream with two perennial reaches. The river is long. It was first dammed in 1881 and flows when water is released by the city of Santa Fe from two continuous reservoirs. The site of the 1881 dam, Two-Mile Dam, upstream of Santa Fe, is now part of the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, a trailhead for the Dale Ball Foothill Trail System. The Santa Fe River Watershed is , ranging in elevations between to . The environmental group American Rivers designated the Santa Fe River as America's Most Endangered Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embudo Creek
Embudo Creek, also known as Rio Embudo, is formed by the confluence of the Rio Pueblo and Santa Barbara Creek near Peñasco in Taos County, New Mexico. The Embudo (named after the Spanish word meaning “funnel”) empties into the Rio Grande near the community of Embudo between two distinctively shaped buttes, thus creating a funnel effect. Before emptying into the Rio Grande the river flows through Dixon in Rio Arriba County. Irrigation canals (acequias) built in the 19th century to divert water from the headwaters of Embudo Creek are a continuing source of controversy. Geography The origins of Embudo Creek are in headwaters streams, the Rio Pueblo, Rio Santa Barbara, and Rio de los Trampas near North Truchas Peak,, Jicarita Peak, , and Trampas Peak, , in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The headwaters of the Truchas and Santa Barbara rivers are in the Pecos Wilderness. All the rivers flow northwest and the Pueblo and Santa Barbara unite at Picuris Pueblo. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Pueblo De Taos
The Rio Pueblo de Taos, also known as Rio Pueblo, is a stream in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, that a tributary of the Rio Grande. From its source in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains it flows about ,Calculated in Google Earth generally south and west, to join the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Gorge. On the way the river passes by Taos and through Taos Pueblo.General course info from USGS topographic maps Course The Rio Pueblo de Taos originates at Blue Lake, about southeast of Wheeler Peak, the highest mountain in New Mexico. Several headwater tributaries drain the south and east slopes of Old Mike Peak, Lew Wallace Peak, and Red Dome. The river flows south for about , then turns west. It is joined by La Junta Creek from the south, then Buffalo Grass Creek from the north. After flowing west for about , and just downstream from the mouths of Frijoles Canyon on the north and Palo Encebado Canyon on the south, the Rio Pueblo de Taos abruptly leaves the mountains. Within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Hondo (Northern New Mexico)
The Rio Hondo is a river in northern New Mexico. A left tributary of the Rio Grande, it flows approximately from its headwaters high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains The Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Spanish language, Spanish for "Blood of Christ") are the southernmost mountain range, subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The mountai ... near Wheeler Peak and the Taos Ski Valley to its discharge in the Rio Grande Gorge just west of the community of Arroyo Hondo. Portions of the Rio Hondo are prized as prime spots for bird-watching and fishing. The river was the subject of a 2005 study by the New Mexico Environment Department Surface Water Quality Bureau into the effects of wastewater from Taos Ski Valley, which is discharged from the Village of Taos Ski Valley Waste Water Treatment Plant. In Spanish, ''Río Hondo'' means "deep river". See also * List of tributaries of the Rio Grande * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
