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Brazos River
Sign in to saveAlso known as The River of the Arms of God, Rio Brazos de Dios, Rio de los Brazos de Dios, Brazos de Dios, Colorado River, La Trinidad, Los Brazos de Dios, Maligne
river in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Source
- Llano Estacado
- Source confluence
- Stonewall County, Texas
- Coordinates
- 33°16′07″N 100°0′37″W / 33.26861°N 100.01028°W / 33.26861; -100.01028
- Elevation
- 453 m (1,486 ft)
- Mouth
- Gulf of Mexico
- Location
- Brazosport, Brazoria County, Texas
- Length
- 1,352 km (840 mi)
- Basin size
- 116,000 km (45,000 sq mi)
- Average
- 237.5 m /s (8,390 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 0.76 m /s (27 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 2,390 m /s (84,000 cu ft/s)
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 0
- Image
- Brazos River railroad bridge Waco TX.jpg
- Length
- 1352
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- Commons category
- Brazos River
- watershed area
- 116000
- discharge
- 237.5
- IPA transcription
- ˈbræzəs
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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 to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square-mile (116,000 km) drainage basin.
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.
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