Rio Grande
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| Length | 3,034 km |
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| Discharge | 68 m³/s |
| Mouth | Gulf of Mexico |
| Sources | Colorado |
| Canby Mountain | |
| San Juan Mountains | |
| Continental Divide of the Americas | |
| Rio Grande National Forest | |
| Cities | Albuquerque |
| El Paso | |
| Ciudad Juárez | |
| Las Cruces | |
| Nuevo Laredo | |
| Did you know | Dams along the Rio Grande include Rio Grande Dam, Retamal Dam, Anzalduas Dam, Falcon Dam, Amistad Dam, Caballo Dam, Elephant Butte Dam, and Cochiti Dam. |
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| ID | 838949 |
About Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico. The Rio Grande begins in south-central Colorado in the United States and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, it forms part of the Mexico–United States border.
Biden faces bipartisan attacks over new border wall
... Approximately 20 miles (32km) of new border barriers will be built in Starr County, a sparsely populated stretch of border in the Rio Grande Valley...
Brazilian state reels after its worst cyclone disaster
... The governor of Rio Grande do Sul said it was the state s worst-ever weather disaster...
Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas
... Tropical storm warnings have been issued from the Rio Grande river - along the state s southern boundary - to roughly 250 miles (400km) north, to the community of Port O Connor...
The Texas town caught in the middle of America's border battle
... The Venezuelan family had come face-to-face with the realities of Texas Governor Greg Abbott s aggressive and unilateral border enforcement strategy: floating barriers in the Rio Grande and a fortified riverbank manned by state troopers, local police officers and the Texas National Guard...
Is Texas 'floating wall' a migrant deterrent or pure theatre?
...By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, WashingtonTexas officials have begun installing a floating barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande river, which they argue will deter migrants from crossing into the US from Mexico...
TikTok and Title 42 rumours fuel human smuggling at the US border
...By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, WashingtonStepping into the brown waters of the Rio Grande, a small group of migrants is all smiles as they look off into the distance - the end of their long and dangerous journey into the US is just hundreds of feet away...
Confusion and fear at US border as law change looms
... Even gathering water for the babies bottles from the polluted Rio Grande river...
Mexico migrants: Deadly fire at Juárez migrant centre
... Ciudad Juárez, the Mexican city located just across the Rio Grande river from El Paso, Texas, has seen an influx of people in recent weeks...
