The North Concho River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in west-central
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
and one of three
tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of the
Concho River
The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas.
''Concho'' is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels, such as the Tampico pearly mussel ('' Cyrtonaias tampicoensis'').
Geography
The Con ...
. The river is long. The other two tributaries are the Middle Concho and
South Concho River
The South Concho River is one of the few rivers in Texas to run south to north for its entire length. Rising from Anson Springs some south of Christoval, Texas, in Tom Green County, it flows north through the town of Christoval, then continues no ...
s. The Concho River flows into the
Colorado River
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(in Texas, not to be confused with the Colorado that flows through
Arizona
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and
Nevada
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).
Course
The North Concho River headwaters start in Glasscock County and flow toward
Sterling City in
Sterling County, then
Water Valley,
Carlsbad, and
Grape Creek in Tom Green County, and into
O.C. Fisher Reservoir (formerly San Angelo Lake) Water released from the lake flows under 29th St. and meanders through northwest and downtown
San Angelo
San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Pl ...
, until it merges with the South Concho to form the main Concho at Bell St. Since 1980, $2 million have been spent to improve the city portion of the river, and plans are made to spend $8 million more.
[http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/dec/21/source-of-economic-life/]
See also
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List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
References
External links
Concho River - Handbook of Texas OnlineSouth Concho River - Handbook of Texas Online
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Rivers of Coke County, Texas
Rivers of Glasscock County, Texas
Rivers of Howard County, Texas
Rivers of Texas
Rivers of Sterling County, Texas
Rivers of Tom Green County, Texas