Falcon International Reservoir
Falcon International Reservoir, commonly called Falcon Lake, is a reservoir on the Rio Grande 40 miles southeast of Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.- Type: Park
- Description: reservoir on the border of United States and Mexico
- Also known as: “Falcon State Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falcon Power Plant (Mexico Unit).
Falcon Power Plant (Mexico Unit)
Power station
Falcon Dam 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. Falcon Power Plant (Mexico Unit) is situated 2 miles southwest of Falcon International Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salineno and New Falcon.
Salineno
Village
Salineño is a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States. The name was changed in 2008, adding a tilde over the second n. The population was 176 at the 2020 census, down from 201 at the 2010 census. Salineno is situated 4½ miles southeast of Falcon International Reservoir.
New Falcon
Village
New Falcon is a census-designated place in Zapata County, Texas, United States. The population was 117 at the 2020 census. New Falcon is situated 5 miles northeast of Falcon International Reservoir.
Nueva Ciudad Guerrero
Town
Nueva Ciudad Guerrero is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It lies on the banks of the Rio Grande / Río Bravo, near the US–Mexico border, opposite to Falcon Heights, Texas. Nueva Ciudad Guerrero is situated 5 miles west of Falcon International Reservoir.
Falcon International Reservoir
- Category: reservoir
- Location: Starr, Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Falcon International Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福尔肯国际水库”
- Esperanto: “Falka Internacia Rezervujo”
- French: “Falcon International Reservoir”
- Japanese: “ファルコン湖”
- Lithuanian: “Falkono tarptautinis tvenkinys”
- Macedonian: “Езеро Фалкон”
- Serbian: “Фалкон”
- Spanish: “Lago Falcon”
- Spanish: “Lago Falcón”
- “Falcon International Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Falcon Village and H Cuellar Estates Colonia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Falcon State Park Airport and Government Cove.
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