Brazos River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Brazos River |
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Brazos River downstream of Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto County, Texas
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Brazos River watershed
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Llano Estacado |
| River mouth | Gulf of Mexico Brazoria County, Texas 0 m (0 ft) 28°52′33″N 95°22′42″W / 28.87583°N 95.37833°W |
| Length | 1,352 km (840 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 116,000 km2 (45,000 sq mi) |
The Brazos River ( 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 to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square-mile (116,000 km2) drainage basin.
It is one of Texas' largest rivers,.
Images for kids
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An advertisement for the steamboat Yellow Stone, December 1836. Packet service between Quintana and Washington, Republic of Texas.
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North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River at the edge of the Llano Estacado
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Double Mountain Fork Brazos River at the site of former Rath City, Texas
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The Brazos in north Central Texas
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The Brazos in southeast Central Texas west of Bryan, Texas
See also
In Spanish: Río Brazos para niños
