A major river of North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and flowing roughly 3,000 kilometers to the Gulf of Mexico, forming much of the border between the United States and Mexico along its lower course. Its water is heavily allocated for irrigation and municipal use on both sides of the border.
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Source Rio Grande - Wikipedia
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The Rio Grande drainage basin (watershed) has an area of 182,200 square miles (472,000 km2); however, the endorheic basins that are adjacent to and within the greater drainage basin of the Rio Grande increase the total drainage-basin area to 336,000 square miles (870,000 km2).
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Although the river's greatest depth is 60 feet (18 m)
Infobox, Mouth coordinates (latitude)
25°57′22″N 97°8′43″W / 25.95611°N 97.14528°W
Infobox, Mouth coordinates (longitude)
25°57′22″N 97°8′43″W / 25.95611°N 97.14528°W
Shaped By: Continental Rifting, Formation statement for target 287645
In New Mexico, the river flows through the Rio Grande rift from one sediment-filled basin to another, cutting canyons between the basins and supporting a fragile bosque ecosystem on its flood plain.
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