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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 /.
Rio Grande: 2,400 1,360 841 143,000 ... Largest rivers in the world by volume discharge: River Average discharge (km 3 /year) at mouth 01 Amazon: 7,152.8.
The Pecos River is the largest tributary of the Rio Grande, and several dams have been built along it. These include the Sumner Dam , Santa Rosa Dam , Brantley Dam , Avalon Dam and Red Bluff Dam .
Two rivers, the Colorado and the Rio Grande, begin in the United States and flow into or form a border with Mexico. [5] In addition, the drainage basins of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers extend into Canada, [6] [7] and the basin of the Gila River extends into Mexico. [8] Sources report hydrological quantities with varied precision.
Map showing major rivers in Mexico. Among the longest rivers of Mexico are 26 streams of at least 250 km (160 mi). In the case of rivers such as the Colorado, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. [1] In the case of the Grijalva and Usumacinta, it is the combined lengths of two river systems that share a delta. [2]
Rio Grande: important river in northern Mexico, largest tributary of the Rio Grande Rio Grande: Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, US: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas: 1,896 mi (3,051 km) Gulf of Mexico: longest US/Mexico border river Sacramento River: US: California: 400 mi (640 km)
The Rio Conchos contains the only free-flowing large river environment left in the Rio Grande drainage basin. Its river and spring habitat ecosystems are relatively intact and support a highly endemic fish fauna. [5] Twelve of its forty-seven native fish are endemic, as are twelve of its 46 native reptile and amphibian species. The strong ...
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)