Rio Grande basin

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drainage basin river basin watershed

The Rio Grande basin is the extensive watershed of the Rio Grande River, draining parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Rio Grande floodplain 3
Rio Grande watershed 3
Rio Grande region 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Río Bravo basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderFunction forms part of the United States–Mexico border via the Rio Grande ⓘ
climate largely semi-arid to arid ⓘ
containsCity Albuquerque NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brownsville NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ciudad Juárez NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Paso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laredo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matamoros NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsEcosystem alpine headwaters in Colorado ⓘ
arid and semi-arid environments ⓘ
riparian corridors ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageDirection generally south and southeast ⓘ
drainageToOcean Atlantic Ocean via Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
drains Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptiesInto Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy U.S.–Mexico water treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeadwatersIn San Juan Mountains of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Devils River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pecos River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Chama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Conchos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Salado (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMouthNear Gulf of Mexico coast of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrologicUnitOf United States hydrologic unit system NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRegion northern Mexico ⓘ
includesState Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
mainRiverLengthApproxKm 3050 ⓘ
majorRiver Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Mexico watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsBiodiversity native desert and riparian species ⓘ
supportsUse hydropower in some tributaries ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
threat habitat degradation ⓘ
over-allocation of water resources ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
transboundaryWaterSystem shared by the United States and Mexico ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borrado language → associatedWith → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande region
Albuquerque Basin → contains → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande floodplain
Sangre de Cristo Mountains → drainage → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Sacramento Mountains → drainageDivideFor → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Southern Rocky Mountains → drainageDivideFor → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park → habitat → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande floodplain
Rio Grande by Fra Cristóbal Range → hydrologicalSystem → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico watershed → includesRiverBasin → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Del Rio, Texas → locatedInRegion → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande region
Williamsburg, New Mexico → locatedInRiverBasin → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Conchos River → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Jemez River → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande watershed
Pecos River → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Rio Chama → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Rio Conchos → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
Rio Pueblo de Taos → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande watershed
Sand Creek → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Sand Creek (Great Sand Dunes)
this entity surface form: Rio Grande watershed
Santa Fe River → partOf → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
“Journey of the Dead Man” in Spanish → separatedFrom → Rio Grande basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Jornada del Muerto
this entity surface form: Rio Grande floodplain