The Río Álamo, is a stream in the state of
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.
It is located in nor ...
,
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
, and is a tributary of the
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo language, Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States a ...
. It is impounded by
Las Blancas Dam, which was completed in 2001 and diverts water to the
Marte Gómez Reservoir on the
Rio San Juan, another tributary of the Rio Grande.
The Rio Alamo enters the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico) at Rio Grande river kilometer , about downriver from
Falcon Dam
Falcon Dam () is an earthen embankment dam on the Rio Grande between Starr County, Texas, Starr County in the U.S. state of Texas and the city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The dam was built for water conservation, i ...
.
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See also
* List of rivers of Mexico
This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses.
Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico
*Rio Grande, Río Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in ...
* List of tributaries of the Rio Grande
Tributary, Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Rio Grande upstream. Major dams and reservoir lakes are also noted.
* San Juan River (Tamaulipas), San Juan River, or Rio San Juan (Tamaulipas, Nue ...
* Urban water management in Monterrey, Mexico
References
Rivers of Tamaulipas
Tributaries of the Rio Grande
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