TRAVEL TUESDAY 211 - RIO GRANDE, USA

“Ride ‘em

Ride ‘em cowboy

Coma-ti-yi-yip-yi-a

Rio grande, Rio Grande

I’d swim you but I can’t

Late at night flickering fire

Keeps me warm and safe from harm

Little man, understands

The indian’s upperhand

Never stray, always travel in groups of ten…” - Brian Wilson and Andy Paley 

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The Rio Grande (known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte, or simply Río Bravo) is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. According to the International Boundary and Water Commission, its total length was 3,051 km in the late 1980s, though course shifts occasionally result in length changes. Depending on how it is measured, the Rio Grande is the fourth or fifth longest river system in North America. The river serves as a natural border between the U.S. state of Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. A very short stretch of the river serves as the boundary between the U.S. states of Texas and New Mexico.

Since the mid–20th century, heavy water consumption of farms and cities along the river has left only 20% of its natural discharge to flow to the Gulf. Near the river's mouth, the heavily irrigated Rio Grande Valley is an important agricultural region. The Rio Grande is one of 19 Great Waters recognized by the America’s Great Waters Coalition. The Rio Grande’s watershed covers 472,000 square km.  Many endorheic basins are situated within, or adjacent to, the Rio Grande’s basin, and these are sometimes included in the river basin’s total area, increasing its size to about 870,000 square km. Excuse the relatively poor quality of this photo, but it was taken in June 1999, with an early version of a digital camera. Still evokes a special memory of a special place!

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