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Concho River
River in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the river in Texas, a tributary of the Colorado River. For the river in Mexico, tributary of the Rio Grande, see Rio Conchos.
The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] Concho is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels,[2] such as the Tampico pearly mussel (Cyrtonaias tampicoensis).
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![]() The Concho River in San Angelo, Texas | |
![]() Map of the Concho River and associated watershed | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
Counties | Concho and Tom Green |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 31°34′17″N 99°43′29″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,480 ft (450 m) [1] |
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