Río Conchos basin

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river basin

The Río Conchos basin is a major river basin in northern Mexico that drains the eastern slopes of the Sierra Tarahumara before flowing into the Rio Grande.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mexico–United States border watershed	1
Rio Conchos basin	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river basin ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
containsCity	Camargo NERFINISHED ⓘ Chihuahua City NERFINISHED ⓘ Delicias NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojinaga NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsDam	Francisco I. Madero Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ La Boquilla Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis L. León Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsEcosystem	desert scrub ⓘ irrigated agricultural lands ⓘ riparian woodlands ⓘ
containsRiver	Río Chuviscar NERFINISHED ⓘ Río Conchos NERFINISHED ⓘ Río Florido NERFINISHED ⓘ Río Sacramento (Chihuahua) NERFINISHED ⓘ Río San Pedro NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
drains	Río Conchos NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern slopes of the Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
ecoregion	Chihuahuan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Comisión Nacional del Agua NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican federal water authorities ⓘ
hasIssue	drought vulnerability ⓘ over-allocation of water resources ⓘ river flow reduction to the Rio Grande ⓘ salinization in irrigated areas ⓘ water scarcity ⓘ
hydrologicalRole	principal source of surface water in the state of Chihuahua ⓘ
locatedIn	Sierra Madre Occidental region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInState	Chihuahua NERFINISHED ⓘ Coahuila NERFINISHED ⓘ Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTributaryBasinOf	Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt	confluence of Río Conchos and Rio Grande near Ojinaga ⓘ
partOf	Rio Grande drainage basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfAgreement	1944 United States–Mexico Water Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ livestock watering ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ
supportsCrop	alfalfa ⓘ chile peppers ⓘ corn ⓘ cotton ⓘ forage crops ⓘ
transboundarySignificance	major Mexican contributor of flow to the Rio Grande shared with the United States ⓘ
treatyObligation	contributes water deliveries from Mexico to the Rio Grande under the 1944 treaty ⓘ
tributaryOf	Rio Grande basin ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Sierra Tarahumara → drainageBasin → Río Conchos basin ⓘ

Rio Conchos → hasWatershed → Río Conchos basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Conchos basin

Conchos River → partOf → Río Conchos basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexico–United States border watershed