Brazos River
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The Brazos River (/ˈbræzəs/ ⓘ BRAZ-əs, Spanish: [ˈbɾasos]), 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-mile (116,000 km2) drainage basin.[3] Being one of Texas' largest rivers,[4] it is sometimes used to mark the boundary between East Texas and West Texas.
Brazos River Río de los Brazos de Dios | |
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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[1] |
• elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) |
Mouth | Gulf of Mexico |
• location | Brazosport, Brazoria County, Texas |
• coordinates | 28°52′33″N 95°22′42″W[1] |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 1,352 km (840 mi) |
Basin size | 116,000 km2 (45,000 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Freeport,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) |
The river is closely associated with Texas history, particularly the Austin settlement and Texas Revolution eras. Today major Texas institutions such as Texas Tech University, Baylor University, and Texas A&M University are located close to the river's basin, as are parts of metropolitan Houston.