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Rio Grande, fifth longest river of North America, and the 20th longest in the world, forming the border between the U.S. state of Texas and Mexico. The total length of the river is about 1,900 miles (3,060 km), and the area within the entire watershed of the Rio Grande is some 336,000 square miles (870,000 square km).
The Rio Grande rises in the western part of the Rio Grande National Forest, in the U.S. state of Colorado, and is formed by the joining of several streams at the base of Canby Mountain, in the San Juan Mountains, due east of the Continental Divide of the Americas.
The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, flowing from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado through New Mexico, along the border between Texas and Mexico, and finally emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The journey of the Rio Grande River is rich in geographical, ecological, and cultural significance.
Whatever you call it, however you know it, the Rio Grande, at nearly 2,000 miles long, is the 3rd longest river in the continental US, and a source of life for the more than 6 million people and countless wildlife species and ecosystems that rely on it.
The Rio Grande River is a principal river in North America that forms part of the United States -Mexico border and serves as the border between Texas and four Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Chihuahua. In Mexico, the river goes by the name Rio Bravo del Norte.
Rio Grande River. It is one of the longest rivers in North America. (1,885 miles) (3,034km). It begins in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, then flows south through New Mexico. It forms the natural border between Texas and the country of Mexico as it flows southeast to the Gulf of Mexico.
One of the longest rivers of North America, it flows 1,900 mi (3,060 km) from its sources in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Colorado, U.S., to the Gulf of Mexico. It rises high in the San Juan Mountains and flows generally south, passing southeast and forming the entire border between Texas and Mexico.
In New Mexico, the river flows through the Rio Grande Rift from one sediment-filled basin to another, cutting canyons between the basins and supporting a fragile bosque ecosystem in its floodplain. It flows through the cities of Albuquerque and Las Cruces then into Texas.
From where the Rio Grande springs forth in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains to where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, the river supports an ever-growing population, vital agriculture and vast ecosystems today.
A ribbon of life, history and legend in the arid West, the Rio Grande is an American icon and one of the country’s original wild and scenic rivers. From its source high in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, the river meanders through the San Luis Valley and then cuts a dramatic gorge through the vertical length of New Mexico.