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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The Pecos River Basin from and including the Delaware River Basin to the confluence with the Rio Grande. New Mexico and Texas. 20,800 sq mi (54,000 km 2) HUC1307: 1308 Rio Grande–Falcon subregion: The drainage within the United states of the Rio Grande Basin from Amistad Reservoir to and including Falcon Reservoir. Texas: 5,170 sq mi (13,400 ...
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, or Rio San Juan (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila) [1] [2] Marte R. Gómez Dam and Marte R. Gómez Reservoir (Tamaulipas) [3] Pesquería River, or Río Pesquería (Nuevo León)
Water released from Caballo Reservoir mixes with ground water that has reached the surface in the Rio Grande during the first release of water from Elephant Butte Dam for the 2024 cycle on March 8 ...
It is the northernmost of South Dakota's major West River streams: the Grand, Moreau, Cheyenne, Bad, and White. Draining about 5,200 square miles (13,000 km 2) of the northern plateaus of the state, the Grand receives most of its water from snowmelt. Water quality is high in sodium, and is therefore less appropriate for irrigation. [6]
Headwaters Hill in Saguache County, Colorado, near Chester (Arkansas River, Rio Grande River, Colorado River). This point has only a weak claim to being a continental triple divide because both the Rio Grande and Arkansas Rivers flow into the Gulf of Mexico.
South of El Paso, the Rio Grande is the national border between the U.S. and Mexico. A riverine islet in the Rio Grande, seen from North Valley, New Mexico. The segment of the river that forms the international border ranges from 889 to 1,248 miles (1,431 to 2,008 km), depending on how the river is measured. [1]
The Rio Grande Project is a United States Bureau of Reclamation irrigation, hydroelectricity, flood control, and interbasin water transfer project serving the upper Rio Grande basin in the southwestern United States. The project irrigates 193,000 acres (780 km 2) along the river in the states of New Mexico and Texas. [1]