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  2. Rio Grande - Wikipedia

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    The Rio Grande (/ ˌ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r æ n d / or / ˌ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r ɑː n d eɪ /) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ˈβɾaβo ðel ˈnoɾte]), also known as P’osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba’áadi in Navajo, [7] is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the ...

  3. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul - Wikipedia

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    The city of Rio Grande was founded in 1737 by Brigadier General José da Silva Pais and his men to defend Portugal's territory. The Jesus Maria e José Fort was constructed, which was built on the site of the future city. The fort was transformed into a town when colonists from the Azores and Madeira arrived in the 1750s. In 1751, the growing ...

  4. Lower Rio Grande Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [1] The region includes the southernmost tip of South Texas and a portion of northern Tamaulipas, Mexico.

  5. List of tributaries of the Rio Grande - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. List of longest rivers of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte or Río Bravo) Gulf of Mexico: 3,108 km 1,931 mi † [n 1] 466,939 km 2 180,286 mi 2 ‡ [n 2] 6,090 x 10 6 m 3 2.15 x 10 11 ft 3 [n 3] Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas: 2

  7. Texas sued New Mexico over Rio Grande Water. Now states are ...

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    The Rio Grande forms in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado before flowing south through New Mexico to the Texas border. By the turn of the 20th century, disputes over Rio Grande water were brewing ...

  8. Rio Grande Gorge - Wikipedia

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    Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Geologically, the Rio Grande Gorge is a canyon, [1] carved out by erosion over the last several million years. [2] The Rio Grande Gorge and its river follow a topographical low within the larger Rio Grande Rift; a mixture of volcanic activity, shifting tectonic plates, and erosion of layers of gravels and lava yielded the recognizable narrow, deep gorge visible today.

  9. Drownings in Rio Grande: They're 'ditch riders' by trade but ...

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    The flow of the Rio Grande has been steered by humans for a century. Rios, the water master for the El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1, has been behind the wheel for 52 of those years.