Brazos River

The Brazos River, called the Río de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles from its headwater source at the head of , to its mouth at the with a 45,000-square-mile drainage basin.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Brazos de Dios”, “Colorado River”, “La Trinidad”, “Los Brazos de Dios”, “Maligne”, “Rio Brasos de Dios”, “Rio Brazos de Dios”, “Rio Colorado”, “Rio de los Brazos de Dios”, “Rio Espiritu Santo”, “Rio Trinidad”, “Salt Fork Brazos River”, “The River of the Arms of God”, “Tokonohono”, and “Uhkto’wusi’yohe

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freeport and Velasco.

Town
is a city in , United States, located on the , founded in 1912. According to the 2020 census, the city population was 10,696, down from 12,049 in 2010, where Hispanic or Latino were 52% of the population. is situated 5 miles north of Brazos River.

Hamlet
was a town in , United States, that was later merged with the city of by an election conducted by eligible voters of both municipalities on February 9, 1957. is situated 6 miles north of Brazos River.

Brazos River

Latitude
28.87581° or 28° 52′ 33″ north
Longitude
-95.37827° or 95° 22′ 42″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
76W6VJGC+8M
Geo­Names ID
4676161
Wiki­data ID
Q903306
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Brazos River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Brazosrivier
  • Arabic: نهر برازوس
  • Armenian: Բրազոս
  • Asturian: Ríu Brazos
  • Belarusian: Бразас
  • Bengali: ব্রাজোস নদী
  • Breton: Brazos
  • Bulgarian: Бразос
  • Catalan: Brazos
  • Cebuano: Brazos River
  • Chinese: 布拉索斯河
  • Chuvash: Бразос
  • Croatian: Brazos
  • Czech: Brazos
  • Danish: Brazos River
  • Dutch: Brazos
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر برازوس
  • Esperanto: Brazos
  • Esperanto: Río de los Brazos de Dios
  • Esperanto: rivero Brazos
  • Esperanto: Rivero Brazos
  • Finnish: Brazosjoki
  • French: Brazos
  • German: Brazos River
  • German: Brazos
  • German: Rio Brazos de Dios
  • German: Rio de los Brazos de Dios
  • German: The River of the Arms of God
  • Greek: Μπράζος
  • Hebrew: בראזוס
  • Irish: Abhainn Brazos
  • Italian: Brazos
  • Japanese: ブラゾス川
  • Kazakh: Бразос
  • Korean: 브래저스강
  • Lithuanian: Brazosas
  • Lithuanian: Breizosas
  • Mingrelian: ბრაზოსი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brazos
  • Norwegian: Brazos
  • Persian: رود برازوس
  • Polish: Brazos River
  • Polish: Brazos
  • Polish: Rio Brazos de Dios
  • Polish: Rio de los Brazos de Dios
  • Polish: The River of the Arms of God
  • Portuguese: Rio Brazos
  • Russian: Бразос (река)
  • Russian: Бразос
  • Russian: Брасос
  • Serbian: Бразос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Brazos
  • Slovenian: Brazos River
  • Slovenian: Brazos
  • Slovenian: reka Brazos
  • Spanish: Rio Brazos
  • Spanish: Río Brazos
  • Spanish: Río de los Brazos de Dios
  • Swedish: Brazos River
  • Swedish: Brazosfloden
  • Thai: แม่น้ำแบรซัส
  • Ukrainian: Бразос
  • Venetian: Brazos
  • Vietnamese: sông Brazos
  • Welsh: Afon Brazos
  • Welsh: Brazos
  • Brazos
  • Río de los Brazos de Dios

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bryan Beach and Quintana Beach.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Peach Point Wildlife Management Area and Old Intracoastal Waterway.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brazos River”. Photo: Thad Roan, CC BY-SA 2.0.