TEXAS RIVERS

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TEXAS RIVERS
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RIO GRANDE

• Separates Texas and Mexico
• 2nd longest river in the United States
• Its headwaters (beginning) is in Colorado

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PECOS RIVER

• Tributary to the Rio Grande
• Separates the Mountain Basin Region from Great
  Plains

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NUECES RIVER

• Runs between Rio Grande and Frio River

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FRIO RIVER

• Named for its unusually cool temperatures
• Popular destination during summer
  (camping/swimming, State Parks)

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SAN ANTONIO RIVER

• Spring fed river
• Located in San Antonio
• River Walk

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GUADALUPE RIVER

• Spring fed river that originates in the Texas
  Hill Country
• Popular for canoeing, tubing and swimming

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COLORADO RIVER

• Many man-made lakes (Lake Travis, Lake LBJ, Lake
  Buchanan, popular for recreational activities)
• Runs through the capital Austin
• Has many large tributaries (Concho, San Saba,
  Llano)

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BRAZOS RIVER

• Largest river between Rio Grande and Red River
• Spanish for embrace or Arms of God

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Legend of How the Brazos got its name

• A Mexican couple was traveling in Tejas in search
  for a place to camp at a river, as they heard
  Comanche behind them. They beat the Indians to
  the river, but were afraid to cross, because it
  was swollen by the spring rains. The man decided
  it was still better to plunge into the waters,
  than to face the Comanche and so they did. The
  swirling waters carried them downstream and the
  Indians did not cross the river. The man
  comforted his wife by saying that We are in the
  arms of God. After a night of rain the river was
  in such a state that the Indians turned back and
  the river came to be called El Rio de los Brazos
  de Dios which means The River in the arms of
  God. It was later shortened to Brazos.

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TRINITY RIVER

• Begins in Dallas
• Lake Livingston and its dam are built on it

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NECHES RIVER

• Located in East Texas
• Named after the Neches Indians

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SABINE RIVER

• Eastern boundary between Texas and Louisiana

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RED RIVER

• Boundary between Texas and Oklahoma
• A menace to travelers because of quicksand and
  strong currents, often with disastrous results
  (loss of life or property)

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CANADIAN RIVER

• Northern most river in Texas
• Crosses the Texas Panhandle
• Early explorers mistakenly called it the
  Canadian, because they thought it led to Canada

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