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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 to 336,000 square miles (870,000 km 2). [12]
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 ...
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]
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.
Rio Grande Drainage Basin. Rio Grande. Brownsville Ship Channel; Devils River. ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) "River Basin Map of Texas".
The Rio Grande is visible at left as the Elephant Butte Dam holds back water on June 18, 2023. ... New Mexico could fundamentally change how groundwater is managed in the Rio Grande basin in New ...
May 10—The federal government is dispensing $60 million to improve water conservation and efficiency in the Lower Rio Grande Basin between Elephant Butte and El Paso, a stretch that has proven ...
The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate ...