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Rio Grande County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,539. [1] The county seat is Del Norte. [2] The county is named for the Rio Grande (Spanish language for "Big River"), which flows through the county.
Supplemented by other tributaries, the Rio Grande's discharge increases to its maximum annual average of 3,504 cubic feet per second (99 m 3 /s) near Rio Grande City. Large diversions for irrigation below Rio Grande City reduce the river's average flow to 889 cubic feet per second (25 m 3 /s) at Brownsville and Matamoros. [2]
South Fork Rio Grande is a tributary of the Rio Grande in southern Colorado in the United States. It flows from a source in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan Mountains to a confluence with the Rio Grande at the town of South Fork in Rio Grande County, Colorado .
West Fork North Fork Purgatoire River; West Fork Rio Chama; West Fork San Juan River; West Mancos River; White River 12,989 km 2 (5,015 mi 2) White Woman Creek 3,000 km 2 (1,158 mi 2) Williams Fork (Colorado River tributary) Williams Fork (Yampa River tributary) Willow Creek; Wind River; Wolf Creek; Yampa River 21,506 km 2 (8,304 mi 2) Yellow ...
The boundaries between Kentucky and West Virginia and the three states to their north – Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois – is based on the historical northern bank of the Ohio River. [1] In 1763, Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War , whose North American theater was called the French and Indian War .
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.
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 ...