Brazos River

The Brazos River (/ˈbræzəs/ (listen) BRAZ-əs), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 11th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km). Its source is at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico^[2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square-mile (116,000 km²) drainage basin.^[3]

Brazos River
Brazos River downstream of Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto County, Texas
Brazos River watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Physical characteristics
Source	Llano Estacado
Source confluence	Stonewall County, Texas
- coordinates	33°16′07″N 100°0′37″W[1]
- elevation	453 m (1,486 ft)
Mouth	Gulf of Mexico
- location	Brazoria County, Texas
- coordinates	28°52′33″N 95°22′42″W[1]
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	1,352 km (840 mi)
Basin size	116,000 km2 (45,000 sq mi)
Discharge
- location	Rosharon, TX
- average	237.5 m3/s (8,390 cu ft/s)
- minimum	0.76 m3/s (27 cu ft/s)
- maximum	2,390 m3/s (84,000 cu ft/s)

It is one of Texas' largest rivers.^[4]

References

1. "Brazos River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Kammerer, J.C. (1987). "Largest Rivers in the United States". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-07-15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Hendrickson Kenneth E., Jr. (1999-02-15). "Brazos River". The Handbook of Texas Online. The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved 2006-07-22.
4. "Brazos River." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2018. academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Brazos-River/16291. Accessed 27 Nov. 2018.