Brazos River
river in Texas, United States
The Brazos River (/ˈbræzəs/ (
listen) BRAZ-əs), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 11th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km). Its source is at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico[2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square-mile (116,000 km2) drainage basin.[3]
| Brazos River | |
|---|---|
 Brazos River downstream of Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto County, Texas | |
 Brazos River watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Llano Estacado |
| Source confluence | Stonewall County, Texas |
| - coordinates | 33°16′07″N 100°0′37″W / 33.26861°N 100.01028°W[1] |
| - elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) |
| Mouth | Gulf of Mexico |
| - location | Brazoria County, Texas |
| - coordinates | 28°52′33″N 95°22′42″W / 28.87583°N 95.37833°W[1] |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,352 km (840 mi) |
| Basin size | 116,000 km2 (45,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - location | Rosharon, TX |
| - average | 237.5 m3/s (8,390 cu ft/s) |
| - minimum | 0.76 m3/s (27 cu ft/s) |
| - maximum | 2,390 m3/s (84,000 cu ft/s) |
It is one of Texas' largest rivers.[4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brazos River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Kammerer, J.C. (1987). "Largest Rivers in the United States". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-07-15.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Hendrickson Kenneth E., Jr. (1999-02-15). "Brazos River". The Handbook of Texas Online. The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved 2006-07-22.
- ↑ "Brazos River." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2018. academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Brazos-River/16291. Accessed 27 Nov. 2018.
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