Rio Alamo

Río Álamo
Country Mexico
State Tamaulipas
Mouth Rio Grande
 - location Ciudad Mier
 - coordinates 26°25′N 99°6′W / 26.417°N 99.100°W / 26.417; -99.100Coordinates: 26°25′N 99°6′W / 26.417°N 99.100°W / 26.417; -99.100 [1]
Basin 4,339 km2 (1,675 sq mi) [2]
Discharge for IBWC station 08-4642 at Ciudad Mier
 - average 3.67 m3/s (130 cu ft/s) [2]
 - max 2,470 m3/s (87,227 cu ft/s)
 - min 0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s)

The Río Álamo, is a stream in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and is a tributary of the Rio Grande. It is impounded by Las Blancas Dam, which was completed in 2001 and diverts water to the Marte Gómez Reservoir on the Rio San Juan, another tributary of the Rio Grande.[2]

The Rio Alamo enters the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico) at Rio Grande river kilometer 422 kilometres (262 mi), about 20 kilometres (12 mi) downriver from Falcon Dam.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rio Alamo at GEOnet Names Server
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Water Bulletin Number 75: Flow of the Rio Grande and Related Data; From Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico". International Boundary and Water Commission. 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
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