Pecos River
Pecos River | ||
Pecos River shortly before it flows into the Rio Grande, where it is dammed by the Amistad Reservoir |
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Water code | US : 1384150 | |
location | New Mexico , Texas (USA) | |
River system | Rio Grande | |
Drain over | Rio Grande → Gulf of Mexico | |
source | At Santa Fe, New Mexico, 35 ° 58 ′ 34 ″ N , 105 ° 33 ′ 29 ″ W. |
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muzzle | In the Rio Grande coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′ 59 " N , 101 ° 22 ′ 17" W 29 ° 41 ′ 59 " N , 101 ° 22 ′ 17" W. |
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Mouth height |
341 m
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length | 1490 km | |
Catchment area | 114,700 km² | |
Runoff at Langtry, Texas A Eo gauge: 114,700 km² |
NNQ MQ Mq HHQ |
1 m³ / s 8 m³ / s 0.1 l / (s km²) 4330 m³ / s |
Right tributaries | Rio Hondo , Rio Felix | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Sumner Reservoir , McMillan Reservoir , Red Bluff Reservoir | |
Small towns | Carlsbad , Pecos |
The Pecos has its source near Santa Fe in the US state of New Mexico and flows over 1,490 km through the eastern part of this state and neighboring Texas before it flows into the Rio Grande near Del Rio . The river drains an area of 114,700 km².
The river is dammed in Avalon and McMillan to help irrigate around 101 km² of land as part of the Carlsbad reclamation project founded in 1906 . In the western part of Texas, the river is also dammed by the Red Bluff Dam to the Red Bluff Reservoir. The portion of the reservoir that extends into New Mexico is the lowest point in this state. New Mexico and Texas argued over water rights on the river until the United States government in Washington settled the dispute in 1949. Its confluence with the Rio Grande lies in the area of the Amistad Reservoir .
In the second half of the 19th century, the term "West of the Pecos" referred to the rough border areas of the Wild West .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pecos River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- ↑ International Boundary and Water Commission: Flow of the Rio Grande and Related Data; From Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico , Water Bulletin No. 75, 2005
Literary note
Karl May told in his books about Winnetou , the chief of the Mescalero - Apaches that this with his tribe on the Rio Pecos in Pueblo have lived.