Everything about The Brazos River totally explained
The
Brazos River, called the
Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers, which can be translated as "The River of the Arms of God," is the 11th longest river in the
United States at 2060 km (1280 miles) from its
source of Blackwater Draw,
Curry County, New Mexico to its
mouth at the
Gulf of Mexico with a 116,000 km² (44,800 sq mi)
drainage basin.
The Brazos proper begins at the confluence of its Salt Fork and Double Mountain Fork (which rises west of
Lubbock and passes through the city) flowing 840 miles through the middle of
Texas. Its main tributaries are the Clear Fork of the Brazos, which passes by
Abilene and joins the main river near
Graham;
Bosque River;
Little River; Yegua Creek; and
Navasota River.
Initially running east towards
Dallas-
Fort Worth, the Brazos turns south, passing through
Waco, further south to near
Calvert, Texas then past
Bryan and
College Station, then through
Richmond, Texas in
Fort Bend County, and into the
Gulf of Mexico in the
marshes just south of
Freeport.
It is unclear when it was first named by European explorers, since it was often confused with the
Colorado River not far to the south, but it was certainly seen by
La Salle. Later
Spanish accounts call it
Los Brazos de Dios (the arms of God), for which name there were several different explanations, all involving it being the first water to be found by desperately thirsty parties.
While the river was important for navigation before the
American Civil War, it's primarily important today as a source of water for power and irrigation. The water is administered by the
Brazos River Authority.
The river also features prominently in a number of prison songs, because at one time it ran past nearly every prison in Texas.
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