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The Pecos River (/ ˈ p eɪ k ə s / PAY-kəs; [4] Spanish: Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande.Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). [5]
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 ...
As of the census [5] of 2000, there were 25 people, 9 households, and 6 families residing in the village. The population density was 39.8 inhabitants per square mile (15.4/km 2).
1.2 Rio Grande watershed. ... Pecos River. Delaware River; Black River; Rio Penasco; Rio Felix; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of New Mexico (1974)
Raton (/ r ə ˈ t oʊ n / rə-TONE) [4] is a city in and the county seat of Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico, United States. The city is located just south of Raton Pass. The city is also located about 6.5 miles south of the New Mexico–Colorado border and 85 miles west of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 6,041. [5]
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.
The Rio Puerco is a tributary of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico. From its source on the west side of the Nacimiento Mountains , it flows about 230 miles (370 km), [ 3 ] generally south to join the Rio Grande about 20 miles (32 km) south of Belen and about 50 miles (80 km) south of Albuquerque .
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]