The Río Salado, also Río Salado de los Nadadores,
or Salado River, is a river in northern
Mexico
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, a tributary of the
Rio Grande ''(Río Bravo)''. Its basin extends across the northern portion of
Coahuila,
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, and
Tamaulipas
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states.
It originates in the
Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila and flows east-northeastward. It is joined by the
Rio Sabinas in the reservoir created by the
Venustiano Carranza Dam. The Salado flows southeast from the reservoir through northern Nuevo León and northwestern Tamaulipas, where it is joined by the
Sabinas Hidalgo River, to join the Rio Grande in the
Falcón Reservoir, at Rio Grande
river kilometer
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43.
Economic importance
The river is used mainly for agricultural and mining activity, especially for irrigation of
cotton
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. Fishing has been increasing because some species have been introduced such as
gizzard shad
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The Am ...
,
largemouth bass
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and
white bass
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, among others.
Water lilies
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have also been introduced.
Environmental impact
The river faces a number of problems related to mismanagement. There is no system to regulate the exploitation of resources found there.
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 Tamaulipas
Tributaries of the Rio Grande
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