Rio Hondo
The Rio Hondo is a river in northern New Mexico. A left tributary of the Rio Grande, it flows approximately 20 miles from its headwaters high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Wheeler Peak and the Taos Ski Valley to its discharge in the Rio Grande Gorge just west of the community of Arroyo Hondo.- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 6,841 feet (2,085 metres)
- …is also known as “Hondo River”
- Description: river in Taos County, New Mexico, United States
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arroyo Hondo and Cañoncito.
Arroyo Hondo
Hamlet
Arroyo Hondo is a census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States.
Cañoncito
Hamlet
Cañoncito is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Cañoncito is situated 1½ miles east of Rio Hondo.
Rio Hondo
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
36.53641° or 36° 32′ 11″ north
Longitude
-105.66029° or 105° 39′ 37″ west
Open location code
858PG8PQ+HV
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Rio Hondo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rio Hondo”
- Cebuano: “Rio Hondo (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, New Mexico, Taos County)”
- Cebuano: “Rio Hondo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ريو هوندو”
- German: “Rio Hondo”
- Slovenian: “Rio Hondo”
- Venetian: “Rio Hondo”
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