Coyanosa Draw is a river in

Pecos County Pecos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,193. The county seat is Fort Stockton. The county was created in 1871 and organized in 1875.. By Glenn Justice and John Leffler. Retriev ...

and Reeves County Texas, with part of it running adjacent to Coyanosa. It is 28 miles north west of

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. The draw splits off from the

Pecos River The Pecos River ( es, Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico ...

. While the draw was at one point visible running

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, most of the draw is now groundwater. The river was named in Echo Burning, a Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child.

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USGS Geographic Names Information Service
* USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub

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