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1,379,230. 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 ...
The Rio Grande Valley is the river valley carved out by the Rio Grande as it flows through the American Southwest and northeastern Mexico, forming a part of the border region. In the US state of New Mexico, the river flows mostly north to south, and forms a valley near Cochiti Pueblo [1] to the state line near El Paso, Texas along the floors of ...
35.10°N 106.60°W. / 35.10; -106.60. Country. United States. The Albuquerque Basin (or Middle Rio Grande Basin [1]) is a structural basin and ecoregion within the Rio Grande rift in central New Mexico. It contains the city of Albuquerque . Geologically, the Albuquerque Basin is a half-graben that slopes down towards the east to terminate on ...
South of El Paso, the Rio Grande is the national border between the U.S. and Mexico. A riverine islet in the Rio Grande, seen from North Valley, New Mexico. The segment of the river that forms the international border ranges from 889 to 1,248 miles (1,431 to 2,008 km), depending on how the river is measured. [1]
South Texas is a geographic and cultural region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of—and includes— San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 4.96 million according to the 2017 census estimates. [ 1 ]
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]
5.35% [1] Protected. 2.26% [1] The Edwards Plateau is a geographic region forming the crossroads of Central, South and West Texas, United States. It is named in honor of Haden Edwards. [2] It is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east; the Llano Uplift and the Llano Estacado to the north; and the Pecos River and Chihuahuan Desert to ...
Roma–Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge. Roma, Texas – Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas. 26°24′13.86″N 99°1′8.96″W. / 26.4038500°N 99.0191556°W / 26.4038500; -99.0191556. Lake Falcon Dam International Crossing. Falcon Heights, Texas – Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas. 26°33′34.08″N 99°10′1.45″W.