Texas Rivers

1. Texas Rivers

2. There are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers that meander through the Texas landscape.

3. Red River Red River: 1,290 miles • The Red River flows 726 miles between Texas and Oklahoma. The Red River is one of the longest rivers of the United States. It flows out of the Texas panhandle, along the Oklahoma/Texas border, and through Louisiana, until it finally joins the Atchafalaya. The Red is a natural tributary of the Mississippi River, but a Corps of Engineers structure now diverts its flow into the Atchafalaya basin.

4. Red River

5. Sabine River

6. Neches River

7. Trinity River

8. BRAZOS RIVER

9. Brazos River

10. COLORADO RIVER

11. Colorado River

12. SAN ANTONIO RIVER

13. GUADALUPE RIVER

14. Guadalupe River

15. The Comal river is the shortest river in the world. Really! The Comal begins at Comal Springs in Landa Park and flows 2.5 miles (4 km) until its junction with the Guadalupe. COMAL RIVER

16. Nueces River

17. NUECES RIVER

18. Rio Grande The first Texas ranches or ranchos were set up along the Rio Grande river over 250 years ago by Spanish families from the area that is now Mexico.

19. BIG BEND LOS EBANOS FERRY CROSSING

20. There are two dams on the Rio Grande River AMISTAD DAM FALCON DAM

23. Pecos River

24. Devil’s River

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