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It originates in south-central Colorado, in the United States, and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. [11] The Rio Grande drainage basin (watershed) has an area of 182,200 square miles (472,000 km 2); [5] however, the endorheic basins that are adjacent to and within the greater drainage basin of the Rio Grande increase the total drainage-basin area ...
Locality map showing the Rio Grande rift extending from southern Colorado to Chihuahua, Mexico. The Rio Grande follows this rift for much of its course. The Rio Grande rift is a north-trending continental rift zone. It separates the Colorado Plateau in the west from the interior of the North American craton on the east. [1]
Galisteo Creek, New Mexico near confluence with the Middle Rio Grande Jemez Canyon Dam and Reservoir: 1953 Corps of Engineers: 102,700 acre-feet Confluence of Jemez River and the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico Angostura Diversion Dam: 1934 MRGCD: 650 cfs diversion Middle Rio Grande, 5 miles upstream of Bernalillo, New Mexico: Isleta Diversion ...
The WWF's assessment of the Rio Conchos rates its biological distinctiveness as "globally outstanding" and its conservation status as critically endangered, putting it in the "priority I" category of needing conservation attention. [4] The Rio Conchos contains the only free-flowing large river environment left in the Rio Grande drainage basin.
The drainage within the United states of the Rio Grande Basin from Elephant Butte Reservoir to the junction of the Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas international boundary, and including the Jornada Draw, Mimbres River, and Other closed basins west of the Rio Grande. New Mexico and Texas. 11,100 sq mi (29,000 km 2) HUC1303: 1304 Rio Grande ...
The Río Grande de Santiago, or Santiago River, [3] is a river in western Mexico. It flows westwards from Lake Chapala via Ocotlán through the states of Jalisco and Nayarit to empty into the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the longest rivers in Mexico, measuring up 433 km (269 mi) long.
Map of the Middle Rio Grande Basin showing a section of the Rio Grande Valley (tan) before entering the Socorro Basin to the south. The entire Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico follows the Rio Grande Rift, a structural rift caused by the westward extension of the continental basement of the Western United States during the past 35 million years.