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The Brazos River (/ ˈ b r æ z ə s / ⓘ BRAZ-əs, Spanish:), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Roosevelt County, New Mexico [2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square ...
Caldron Falls Dam, Caldron Falls Reservoir, Wisconsin Public Service Co. Castle Rock Dam, Castle Rock Lake, Wisconsin River Power Company; Cedar Falls Dam, Tainter Lake, Xcel Energy; Chalk Hills Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Menominee River, Wisconsin Electric Power Co. (between Wisconsin and Michigan) Chequamegon Waters Dam, 45.20061, -90.71103
The Clear Fork Brazos River is the longest tributary of the Brazos River of Texas. [3] It originates as a dry channel or draw in Scurry County about 2 mi (3.2 km) northeast of Hermleigh and runs for about 180 mi (290 km) through portions of Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Shackelford, and Throckmorton counties before joining the main stem of the Brazos River in Young County about 7.8 mi (12.6 km) south ...
Pigeon River (Embarrass River tributary) Pigeon River (Wisconsin-Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan; Pike River (Lake Michigan) Pike River (Menominee River tributary) Pine River (Florence County), tributary of Menominee River; Pine River (Lincoln County), tributary of Wisconsin River; Pine River (Richland County), tributary of Wisconsin ...
Chappell Hill is located within the Brazos River watershed. The area is part of the Gulf Coastal Plain , and the terrain is rolling hills. The community is located 10 mi (16 km) east of Brenham , 98 mi (158 km) east of Austin , 12 mi (19 km) west of Hempstead , and 63 mi (101 km) northwest of Houston.
The Salt Fork Brazos River is a braided, highly intermittent stream about 150 mi (240 km) long, heading along the edge of the Llano Estacado about 26 mi (42 km) east-southeast of Lubbock, Texas. From its source, it flows generally east-southeastward to join the Double Mountain Fork to form the Brazos River about 18 mi (29 km) west-northwest of ...
Three—the Milk River, the Red River of the North, and the Saint Lawrence River—begin in the United States and flow into Canada; two do the opposite (Yukon and Columbia). Also a segment of the Saint Lawrence River forms the international border between part of the province of Ontario , Canada, and the U.S. state of New York .
The north side of the city is drained by Village Creek, a tributary of the Trinity River, while the south side is drained by tributaries of East Buffalo Creek, flowing to the Nolan River, part of the Brazos River watershed. A hill known as Brushy Knob stands to the west of Joshua, at a height of 1,042 feet above mean sea level. [10]