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 ...

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. Gómez Dam and Marte R. Gómez Reservoir (Tamaulipas) ** Pesquería River, or Río Pesquería (Nuevo León) *** Salinas River, or Río Salinas (Nuevo León) * Rio Alamo, or Alamo River (Tamaulipas) ** Las Blancas Dam (Tamaulipas) *

Falcon Dam Falcon Dam ( es, Presa Falcón) is an earthen embankment dam on the Rio Grande between Starr County in the U.S. state of Texas and the city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The dam was built for water conservation, i ...

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Falcon International Reservoir Falcon International Reservoir ( es, Embalse Internacional Falcón), commonly called Falcon Lake, is a reservoir on the Rio Grande 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The huge lake ...

(Tamaulipas and Texas) * Salado River, or Rio Salado (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas) ** Sabinas Hidalgo River (Nuevo León) ** Candela River, Rio Candela (Nuevo León and Coahuila) ** Presa Venustiano Carranza (dam and reservoir) (Coahuila) ** Rio Nadadores (Coahuila) *** Rio Monclova (Coahuila) ** Sabinas River, or Rio Sabinas (Coahuila) ** Rio Alamos (Coahuila) * San Ildefonso Creek (Texas) * Chacon Creek (Texas) ** San Ygnacio Creek (Texas) * Zacate Creek (Texas) * Sombrerillito Creek (Texas) * Santa Isabel Creek (Texas) * Rio Escondido (Coahuila) ** Arroyo San Antonio, or Rio San Antonio (Coahuila) *

Rio San Rodrigo The Río San Rodrigo is a stream in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, and is a tributary of the Rio Grande. The Rio San Rodrigo enters the Rio Grande (''Rio Bravo del Norte'' in Mexico) at Rio Grande river kilometer 834, at El Moral, Coahuila and abo ...

(Coahuila) ** La Fragua Dam and La Fragua Reservoir (Coahuila) * Las Moras Creek(Texas) * Tequesquite Creek (Texas) (Texas) * Rio San Diego (Coahuila and Nuevo León) * Cow Creek (Rio Grande) (Texas) * Pinto Creek (Texas) * Sycamore Creek (Val Verde County) (Texas) ** Mud Creek (Kinney County) (Texas) * Zorro Creek (Val Verde County) (Texas) * San Felipe Creek (Texas) * Arroyo de las Vacas (Coahuila) * Arroyo de los Jaboncillos (Coahuila) * Amistad Dam and Amistad Reservoir (Texas and Coahuila) ** Devils River (Texas) * Pecos River (Texas and New Mexico) ** Red Bluff Dam and Red Bluff Reservoir (Texas and New Mexico) ** Delaware River (Texas and New Mexico) ** Black River (New Mexico) ** Rio Penasco (New Mexico) ** Rio Felix (New Mexico) ** Cow Creek (New Mexico) ** Rio Hondo (New Mexico) *** Two Rivers Reservoir (New Mexico) *** Rio Bonito (New Mexico) ***

Rio Ruidoso The Rio Ruidoso is a long river located in the Sierra Blanca and Sacramento Mountains in Lincoln County and Otero County, New Mexico in the United States and is part of the Rio Ruidoso Watershed. The Spanish term, ''río ruidoso'', translated ...

(New Mexico) ** Gallinas River (New Mexico) * San Francisco Creek (Texas) *

Maravillas Creek Maravillas Creek is a river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande. See also * List of rivers of Texas * List of tributaries of the Rio Grande Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Rio Gr ...

(Texas) * Arroyo del a Guaje (Coahuila) ** Laguna del Guaje (Coahuila) * Terlingua Creek (Texas) * Rio San Carlos (Chihuahua) * Alamito Creek (Texas) * Rio Conchos (Chihuahua and Durango) ** El Granero Dam (Luis L. Leon Dam) and El Granero Reservoir (Chihuahua) ** Rio Chuviscar (Chihuahua) *** Rio Sacramento (Chihuahua) ** San Pedro River, or Rio San Pedro (Chihuahua) *** Francisco I. Madero Dam and Francisco I. Madero Reservoir (Chihuahua) *** Rio Santa Isabel (Chiahuahua) ** Florido River, or Rio Florido (Chihuahua and Durango) *** Parral River, or Rio Parral (Chihuahua and Durango) ** Lago Colina Dam and Lake Colina (Chihuahua) ** La Boquilla Dam and Toronto Lake (Chihuahua) ** Balleza River, or Rio Balleza (Chihuahua and Durango) ** Rio Nonoava (Chihuahua) *

Green River Green River may refer to: Rivers Canada * Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River *Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte *Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...

(Texas) * Rio Viego (Chihuahua) * International Dam and International Reservoir (Texas and Chihuahua) *

American Diversion Dam The American Dam, or American Diversion Dam, is a diversion dam on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, that divides the river water between Mexico and the U.S. It is about north of the point where the west bank of the river enters Mexico, from th ...

and American Reservoir (Texas) * Rincon Arroyo (New Mexico) * Caballo Dam and Caballo Lake (New Mexico) *

Elephant Butte Dam Elephant Butte Dam or Elephant Butte Dike, originally Engle Dam, is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The dam impounds Elephant Butte Reservoir, which is used mainly for agriculture but also provides ...

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Elephant Butte Reservoir Elephant Butte Reservoir is a reservoir on the southern part of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico, north of Truth or Consequences. The reservoir is the 84th largest man-made lake in the United States and the largest in New Mexico by ...

(New Mexico) * Rio Salado (New Mexico) *

Rio Puerco The Rio Puerco is a tributary of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico. From its source on the west side of the Nacimiento Mountains, it flows about ,Calculated in Google Earth generally south to join the Rio Grande about south of B ...

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Rio San Jose The Rio San Jose is a tributary of the Rio Puerco in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Course The Rio San Jose's farthest tributary stream is Bluewater Creek; its headwaters are in the Zuni Mountains, near the continental divide in Cibola Count ...

(New Mexico) *** Rio San Juan (New Mexico) *** Bluewater Creek (New Mexico) ****

Bluewater Lake Bluewater or Blue Water may refer to: * Blue water, the global deep oceans * Blue Water (missile), British short range nuclear missile of the 1960s * Blue Water (train), an Amtrak line from eastern Michigan to Chicago * Blue-water navy, a navy that ...

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Jemez River The Jemez River is a tributary of the Rio Grande in eastern Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. Description The river is formed by the confluence of the East Fork Jemez River and San Antonio Creek, which drain a number of tributaries in t ...

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Jemez Canyon Dam Jemez Canyon Dam (National ID # NM00003) is a dam in Sandoval County, New Mexico, a few miles north of Albuquerque. The earthen dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 150 feet and a length at its ...

and Jemez Canyon Reservoir (New Mexico) ** Rio Salado (New Mexico) ** Rio Guadalupe (New Mexico) ** San Antonio Creek (New Mexico) ** East Fork Jemez River (New Mexico) *** Jaramillo Creek * Santa Fe River (New Mexico) *

Cochiti Dam The Cochiti Dam is an earthen fill dam located on the Rio Grande in Sandoval County, New Mexico, approximately north of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. By volume of material, it is the 23rd largest dam in the world at 62,849,000 yd ...

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Rio Chiquito Chiquito River ( es, Río Chiquito) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. This river feeds into Río Portugués in the sector called Parras, about north of the intersection of PR-504 and PR-505. It has its origin in the moun ...

(New Mexico) * Pojoaque River (New Mexico) ** Rio Chupadero (New Mexico) * Santa Cruz River (New Mexico) *

Rio Chama The Rio Chama, a major tributary river of the Rio Grande, is located in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico. The river is about long altogether. From its source to El Vado Dam its length is about , from El Vado Dam to Abiquiu Dam is abou ...

(New Mexico and Colorado) ** Rio Ojo Caliente (New Mexico) *** Rio Vallecitos (New Mexico) *** Rio Tusas (New Mexico) **

Rio del Oso The Rio del Oso is an intermittent stream in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It is tributary to the Rio Chama The Rio Chama, a major tributary river of the Rio Grande, is located in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico. The river is about ...

(New Mexico) *** Gallina Creek (New Mexico) ** El Rito (New Mexico) ** Abiquiu Creek (New Mexico) *** Vallecitos Creek (New Mexico) **

Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu Dam is a dam on the Rio Chama, located about northwest of Santa Fe in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the dam is an earth embankment structure high and long, containing 11. ...

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Abiquiu Lake Abiquiu Lake is a reservoir located in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States. Water of the Rio Chama is impounded by the earth-filled Abiquiu Dam, 1,800 feet (550 m) long and 340 feet (104 m) high, complete ...

(New Mexico) ** Cañones Creek (New Mexico) *** Polvadera Creek (New Mexico) *** Chihuahueños Creek (New Mexico) *** Barrancones Creek (New Mexico) ** Canjilon Creek (New Mexico) **

(New Mexico) *** Coyote Creek (New Mexico) *** Poleo Creek (New Mexico) *** Rito Redondo (New Mexico) **** Rito Resumidero (New Mexico) ** Rio Gallina (New Mexico) *** Rio Capulin (New Mexico) ** Rio Cebolla (New Mexico) ** Rio Nutrias (New Mexico) **

El Vado Dam El Vado Dam impounds the Rio Chama in the U.S. state of New Mexico, about north-northwest of New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque and about northwest of the capital city of Santa Fe. The earth-filled structure forms El Vado Lake, a storage r ...

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El Vado Lake El Vado Lake is a reservoir located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States. Water is impounded by the earthen dam, earth-filled El Vado Dam, on the Rio Chama (New Mexico), Rio ...

(New Mexico) *** Willow Creek (New Mexico) **** Heron Dam and Heron Lake (New Mexico) ** Rio Brazos (New Mexico) ** Rio Chamita (New Mexico) * Rio de Truchas (New Mexico) *

Rio Pueblo de Taos The Rio Pueblo de Taos, also known as Rio Pueblo, is a stream in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, that a tributary of the Rio Grande. From its source in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains it flows about ,Calculated in Google Earth generall ...

(New Mexico) * Rio Hondo (New Mexico) * Red River (New Mexico) *

Costilla Creek Costilla Creek is a tributary of the Rio Grande in Colorado and New Mexico. Course The creek rises in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in far southern Colorado at the confluence of East Fork Costilla Creek and West Fork Costilla Creek. It then f ...

Conejos River The Conejos River is a tributary of the Rio Grande, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 31, 2011 in south-central Colorado in the United States. It ...

(Colorado) ** Rio San Antonio (Colorado) *** Rio de los Pinos (Colorado and New Mexico) **** North Fork Rio de los Pinos (Colorado) *** Rio Nutritas (New Mexico) ** Platoro Dam and Platoro Reservoir (Colorado) * Alamosa River (Colorado) * South Fork Rio Grande (Colorado) * Rio Grande Dam and Rio Grande Reservoir (Colorado)

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Tributaries of the Rio Grande 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 drainage ...

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