Escondido River (Coahuila)
The Escondido River (Río Escondido in Spanish, sometimes called Arroyo Río Escondido[4]) is a stream in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, and is a tributary of the Rio Grande.
| Escondido River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Serranias del Burro |
| • coordinates | 28°41′58″N 101°31′2″W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,000 m (3,300 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | Rio Grande |
• location | Piedras Negras |
• coordinates | 28°39′43″N 100°30′2″W[2] |
• elevation | 200 m (660 ft)[1] |
| Length | 150 km (93 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 3,810 km2 (1,470 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | IBWC station 08-4581.50 at Villa de Fuente, Coahuila[3] |
| • average | 1.64 m3/s (58 cu ft/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 883 m3/s (31,200 cu ft/s) |
The Escondido enters the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico) at Rio Grande river kilometer 794 kilometres (493 mi), about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) downriver from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and Eagle Pass, Texas.[3]
The Escondido originates in the Serranias del Burro mountain range and flows generally east to the Rio Grande. Its main tributary is the Rio San Antonio, which enters the Escondido about 19 kilometres (12 mi) upriver from the Rio Grande confluence.[3]
References
- Calculated in Google Maps
- Rio Escondido at GEOnet Names Server and adjusted with Google Maps
- "Water Bulletin Number 75: Flow of the Rio Grande and Related Data; From Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico". International Boundary and Water Commission. 2005. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- Arroyo Río Escondido at GEOnet Names Server
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