Talk:Rio Grande

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Contents 1 River extinction 2 Name 3 Addition after name 4 River changed channels 5 question 6 Article Introduction

[edit] River extinction

Could someone explain what it means to say that the river could become "extinct" below El Paso? A citation that uses this wording would be especially useful in keeping this phraseology in the article. Tomer^talk 09:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Does anyone know a source that describes the history of the different names for the river on each side of the border? Tomer^talk 09:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I can't find a source but Rio Grande is Portuguese, whereas Río Bravo is Spanish. Kewpid 02:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Río Grande is Spanish too (with the accent on the i), my assumption is that the í=>i is a result of the fact that, generally speaking, English orthography doesn't preserve diacritics in words it kyfes from other languages. It means the same thing in Spanish as it does in Portuguese, but that doesn't answer the question of where the name Río Grande came from and why the name Río Bravo is now used for the river in Spanish.  :-\ Tomer^talk 08:53, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Addition after name

To note that the name is indeed of Spanish origin, and not Portuguese, could (Originally: Río Grande) be placed in the first sentence?

[edit] River changed channels

You made this statement in your article: "The shifting of the Rio Grande would cause a later dispute over the boundary between Purchase lands and those of the state of Texas." On the map you show the river's path today with a yellow background and an additional yellowed area leaving the river near it's head and going in a different direction, reconnecting with the river further south. Is this supposed to indicate the original path of the river? Nowhere do you indicate where the original path was. Thanks Linmari 22:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

The yellow part of the map represents the river's current watershed. Kuru ^talk 22:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Just want to confirm Kuru's answer on the map here. The shift that is described in the text is to small to show up on that scale map - there is a more detailed map showing the shift in Country Club Dispute. Kmusser 02:10, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] question

What mountain does the river originate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.34.20 (talk) 18:55, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Introduction

The introduction of the article currently states: "...serves as a natural boundary along part of the border between the United States and Mexico." While this is accurate, I think it should be altered to "...serves as a natural boundary along the border between Texas and Mexico." Texas is obviously part of the U.S. The River runs the entirety of the Texas/Mexico border and then shoots up into the State of New Mexico. The second statement seems more clear to me. I'm going to be bold and change it, and if it needs changing back please do so and inform me why I am wrong.Failureofafriend (talk) 22:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)