Río Grande (Estados Unidos y México)

"El río Bravo o río Bravo del Norte, nombrado de ese modo en México, o el llamado río Grande en Estados Unidos, tiene una longitud de 3 034 km, y riega un área de 607 965 km² (análoga a la medida superficial de países como Botsuana o Ucrania). En el marco de la geografía administrativa, recorre sendos territorios de los estados estadounidenses de Colorado, Nuevo México y Texas y por los estados mexicanos de Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León y Tamaulipas. El 11 de septiembre de 1997 el presidente Bill Clinton designó este río como uno de los catorce que integran el sistema de ríos del patrimonio estadounidense."

"The Rio Grande (/rio rænd/ or /rio rnde/; Spanish: Río Bravo del Norte, pronounced: [ri.o ao ðel norte] or simply Río Bravo) is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Colorado River). The Rio Grande rises from south-central Colorado in the United States and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, it forms part of the MexicoUnited States border. According to the International Boundary and Water Commission, its total length was 1,896 miles (3,051 km) in the late 1980s, though course shifts occasionally result in length changes. Depending on how it is measured, the Rio Grande is the fourth- or fifth-longest river system in North America. The river serves as part of the natural border between the U.S. state of Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. A very short stretch of the river serves as part of the boundary between the U.S. states of Texas and New Mexico. Since the mid20th century, heavy water consumption of farms and cities along with many large diversion dams on the river has left only 20% of its natural discharge to flow to the Gulf. Near the river's mouth, the heavily irrigated lower Rio Grande Valley is an important agricultural region. The Rio Grande is one of 19 Great Waters recognized by America's Great Waters Coalition. The Rio Grande's watershed covers 182,200 square miles (472,000 km2). Many endorheic basins are situated within, or adjacent to, the Rio Grande's basin, and these are sometimes included in the river basin's total area, increasing its size to about 336,000 square miles (870,000 km2)."