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  2. Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River - Wikipedia

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    The Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River is a U.S. National Wild and Scenic River that protects 260 miles (420 km) of the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas, in the United States. The designation was first applied in 1968 to a 55.7-mile (89.6 km) stretch of the river in New Mexico; an additional 191.2 miles (307.7 km) of the river in Texas was ...

  3. List of river borders of U.S. states - Wikipedia

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    Kentucky that the state line is the low-water mark of the Ohio River's north shore as of Kentucky's admission to the Union in 1792. [2] Because both damming and natural changes have rendered the 1792 shore virtually undetectable in many places, the exact boundary was decided in the 1990s in settlements among the states.

  4. Rio Grande water resource region - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Lower Rio Grande Valley - Wikipedia

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    The area along the Rio Grande was the source of several major battles, including the Battle of Resaca de la Palma near Brownsville. [18] The war ended in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which defined the United States' southern border as the Rio Grande. The change in government led to a mass migration from Tamaulipas to ...

  6. Rio Grande - Wikipedia

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    The Rio Grande (Rio del Norte) as mapped in 1718 by Guillaume de L'Isle. Río Grande is Spanish for "Big River" and Río Grande del Norte means "Big River of the North". In English, Rio Grande is pronounced either / ˈ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r æ n d / or / ˈ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r ɑː n d eɪ /.

  7. 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] Marte R. Gómez Dam and Marte R. Gómez Reservoir (Tamaulipas) [3] Pesquería River, or Río Pesquería (Nuevo León)

  8. List of Rio Grande dams and diversions - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. San Luis Valley - Wikipedia

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    The valley is a section of the Rio Grande Rift and is drained to the south by the Rio Grande, which rises in the San Juan Mountains to the west of the valley and flows south into New Mexico. The San Luis Valley has a cold desert climate but has substantial water resources from the Rio Grande and groundwater.