The Rio Hondo is a river in northern
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
. A left 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 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 rivers of New Mexico
References
Tributaries of the Rio Grande
Rivers of New Mexico
Rivers of Taos County, New Mexico
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