Rio Grande

The Rio Grande, in the United States, or the Río Bravo, in Mexico, also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers in the and in .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river originating in Colorado, flowing south through New Mexico, and forming part of the US-Mexico border along Texas until emptying into the Gulf of Mexico
  • Also known as: El Río Bravo”, “Kūtsōhīhī”, “Pajo”, “Posoge *”, “Rio Bravo”, “Río Bravo”, “Rio Bravo del Norte”, “Río Bravo del Norte”, “Río Brazo”, “Rio del Norte”, “Río Grande”, “Rio Grande Del Norte”, and “Rio Grande River

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Starbase.

Village
, formerly Boca Chica Village or Kopernik Shores, is a city in , United States, near the mouth of the Rio Grande. It lies 20 miles east of the City of on the Boca Chica peninsula, and forms part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Rio Grande.

Rio Grande

Latitude
25.95619° or 25° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
-97.14525° or 97° 8′ 43″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
76Q4XV43+FV
Geo­Names ID
4694500
Wiki­data ID
Q160636
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Rio Grande” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Afrikaans: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Afrikaans: Rio Bravo
  • Afrikaans: Río Bravo
  • Afrikaans: Rio Grande
  • Albanian: Lumi Rio Grande
  • Albanian: Rio Grande
  • Arabic: ريو غراندي
  • Armenian: Ռիո Գրանդե
  • Asturian: Río Bravo
  • Asturian: Ríu Bravo
  • Bashkir: Рио-Гранде
  • Basque: Grande ibaia
  • Basque: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Basque: Río Bravo
  • Basque: Rio Grande
  • Basque: Río Grande
  • Belarusian: Рыа-Грандэ
  • Belarusian: Рыё-Грандэ
  • Bengali: রিও গ্রান্দে
  • Bhojpuri: रियो ग्रांडे
  • Bishnupriya: রিও গ্রান্ডে
  • Bosnian: Rio Grande
  • Breton: Río Bravo
  • Breton: Rio Grande
  • Bulgarian: Река Рио Гранде
  • Bulgarian: Рио Гранде
  • Catalan: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Catalan: Río Bravo del norte
  • Catalan: Rio Bravo
  • Catalan: Río Bravo
  • Catalan: Río Grande
  • Catalan: Riu Bravo
  • Catalan: Riu Grande
  • Cebuano: Rio Grande (suba sa Mehiko)
  • Cebuano: Rio Grande
  • Chinese: Rio Grande Hô
  • Chinese: 北布拉沃河
  • Chinese: 格兰德河
  • Chinese: 格蘭德河
  • Chinese: 里奧格蘭德河
  • Chuvash: Рио-Гранде
  • Croatian: Rio Bravo
  • Croatian: Río Bravo
  • Croatian: Rio Grande
  • Czech: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Czech: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Czech: Río Bravo
  • Czech: Rio Grande
  • Danish: Rio Grande
  • Dutch: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Dutch: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Dutch: Rio Grande
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ريو جراندى
  • Esperanto: Rio Grande del Norte
  • Estonian: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Estonian: Rio Grande
  • Fiji Hindi: Rio Grande
  • Finnish: Rio Grande
  • French: Río Bravo del Norte
  • French: Río Bravo
  • French: Rio Grande
  • French: río Grande
  • French: Río Grande
  • Galician: Río Bravo, América do Norte
  • Galician: Río Grande, América do Norte
  • Georgian: რიო-ბრავო-დელ-ნორტე
  • Georgian: რიო-გრანდე
  • German: Río Bravo del Norte
  • German: Río Bravo
  • German: Rio Grande
  • Greek: Ρίο Γκράντε
  • Haitian: Rio Grande
  • Hebrew: ריו בראבו
  • Hebrew: ריו גראנדה
  • Hebrew: ריו גרנדה
  • Hindi: रियो ग्रांडे
  • Hungarian: Rio Grande
  • Icelandic: Rio Grande
  • Indonesian: Rio Grande
  • Indonesian: Sungai Rio Grande
  • Irish: Río Bravo
  • Italian: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Italian: Rio Grande
  • Japanese: リオ・グランデ川
  • Japanese: リオ・ブラーボ川
  • Japanese: リオ・ブラボー川
  • Japanese: リオグランデ川
  • Japanese: リオブラボデルノルテ川
  • Kazakh: Рио-Гранде
  • Khmer: ទន្លេរីយ៉ូហ្គ្រែនដេ
  • Kirghiz: Рио-Гранде
  • Korean: 리오 그란데 강
  • Korean: 리오그란데강
  • Korean: 리오브라보 강
  • Latin: Flumen Palmarum
  • Latvian: Riogrande
  • Lithuanian: Bravo del Nortė
  • Lithuanian: Grandė
  • Lithuanian: Rio Bravo del Nortė
  • Lithuanian: Rio Grandė
  • Lombard: Riu Graand
  • Lombard: Riu Grand
  • Macedonian: Рио Гранде
  • Malayalam: റിയോ ഗ്രാൻഡെ
  • Marathi: रियो ग्रांदे नदी
  • Marathi: रियो ग्रांदे
  • Marathi: रियो ग्रान्दे
  • Marathi: रियो ब्राव्हो देल नोर्ते
  • Mazanderani: ریوگرانده
  • Min Nan Chinese: Rio Grande Hô
  • Mingrelian: რიო-გრანდე
  • Navajo: Tooh Baʼáadii
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Río Bravo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rio Grande
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Río Grande
  • Norwegian: Rio Grande
  • Nyanja: Rio Grande
  • Occitan (post 1500): Rio Grande
  • Ossetian: Рио-Гранде
  • Persian: رودخانه ریوگراند
  • Persian: رودخانهٔ ریوگراند
  • Persian: رودخانه ریوگرانده
  • Persian: رودخانهٔ ریوگرانده
  • Persian: ریو گرانده
  • Piemontese: Rio Grande (fium)
  • Piemontese: Rio Grande
  • Polish: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Polish: Río Bravo
  • Polish: Rio Grande
  • Portuguese: Rio Grande
  • Romanian: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Romanian: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Romanian: Rio Bravo
  • Romanian: Rio Grande
  • Russian: Рио-Браво-дель-Норте
  • Russian: Рио-Гранде (река, впадает в Мексиканский залив)
  • Russian: Рио-Гранде
  • Scots: Rio Grande
  • Serbian: Rio Grande
  • Serbian: Рио Гранде
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rio Grande
  • Slovak: Rio Grande
  • Slovenian: Rio Grande
  • South Azerbaijani: ریو قرانده چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Spanish: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Spanish: Rio Bravo
  • Spanish: Río Bravo
  • Spanish: Rio Grande
  • Spanish: Río Grande
  • Swahili: Mto Bravo
  • Swahili: Mto Grande
  • Swahili: Rio Grande
  • Swedish: Rio Bravo del Norte
  • Swedish: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Swedish: Rio Grande del Norte
  • Swedish: Rio Grande
  • Swedish: Río Grande
  • Tamil: ரியோ கிராண்டே
  • Thai: แม่น้ำริโอแกรนด์
  • Thai: แม่น้ำรีโอแกรนด์
  • Thai: รีโอแกรนด์
  • Turkish: Rio Grande
  • Ukrainian: Ріо Ґранде
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-Браво-дель-Норте
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-Гранде
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-Ґранде
  • Urdu: ریو گرانڈے
  • Uzbek: Rio Grande
  • Uzbek: Rio-grande
  • Venetian: Rio Grande
  • Vietnamese: Rio Bravo
  • Vietnamese: Río Bravo
  • Vietnamese: Rio Grande
  • Vietnamese: Río Grande
  • Vietnamese: sông Rio Grande
  • Waray (Philippines): Rio Grande
  • Welsh: Río Bravo del Norte
  • Welsh: Rio Grande
  • Western Armenian: Ռիօ Կրանտէ
  • Western Frisian: Rio Grande
  • Western Panjabi: دریائے ریو گرانڈے
  • Wu Chinese: 格兰德河
  • Yue Chinese: 格蘭德河
  • रियो ग्रांडे

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