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Pecos River
Sign in to saveriver in New Mexico and Texas in the United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas , New Mexico
- Source
- Pecos Falls
- Location
- 29 mi (47 km) north of Pecos, New Mexico
- Coordinates
- 35°58′34″N 105°33′29″W / 35.97611°N 105.55806°W / 35.97611; -105.55806
- Elevation
- 11,759 ft (3,584 m)
- Mouth
- Rio Grande
- Length
- 926 mi (1,490 km)
- Basin size
- 44,402 sq mi (115,000 km )
- Average
- 265 cu ft/s (7.5 m /s)
- Minimum
- 42 cu ft/s (1.2 m /s)
- Maximum
- 152,910 cu ft/s (4,330 m /s)
- Type
- Wild, Recreational
- Designated
- June 6, 1990
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Pecos River (/ˈpeɪkəs/ PAY-kəs; Spanish: Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). The river flows for 926 miles (1,490 km) before reaching the Rio Grande near Del Rio. Its drainage basin encompasses about 44,300 square miles (115,000 km).
The name "Pecos" [p'æyok'ona], derives from the Keresan term for the Pecos Pueblo, c[p'æyok'ona]. The river was also historically referred to as the Río Natagés for the Mescalero people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pecos River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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