The Escondido River (''Río Escondido'' in Spanish, sometimes called ''Arroyo Río Escondido''
) is a stream in the state of
Coahuila,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, and is a tributary of the
Rio Grande.
The Escondido enters the Rio Grande (''Rio Bravo del Norte'' in Mexico) at Rio Grande
river kilometer
A river mile is a measure of distance in miles along a river from its mouth. River mile numbers begin at zero and increase further upstream. The corresponding metric unit using kilometers is the river kilometer. They are analogous to vehicle roa ...
, about downriver from
Piedras Negras Piedras Negras may refer to:
* Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a city in the state of Coahuila, Mexico
** Piedras Negras Municipality, a municipality in Mexico, with the center in the eponymous city
* Piedras Negras (Maya site)
Piedras Negras is the ...
, Coahuila, and
Eagle Pass, Texas
Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 28,130 as of the 2020 census.
Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across t ...
.
The Escondido originates in the
Serranias del Burro
The Sierra del Burro (also called Serranías del Burro) is the northernmost finger of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. The Sierra begins at the Rio Grande near Big Bend National Park in Texas and extends southeast for ...
mountain range and flows generally east to the Rio Grande. Its main tributary is the
Rio San Antonio, which enters the Escondido about upriver from the Rio Grande confluence.
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See also
* List of rivers of Mexico
This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses.
Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico
* Río Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in Mexico
** S ...
* List of tributaries of the Rio Grande
Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Rio Grande upstream. Major dams and reservoir lakes are also noted.
* San Juan River, or Rio San Juan (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila)
** Marte R. Góme ...
References
Rivers of Coahuila
Tributaries of the Rio Grande
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