Pecos River

The Pecos River originates in north-central and flows into , emptying into the . Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the in Mora County north of , at an elevation of over 12,000 feet.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in New Mexico and Texas in the United States
  • Also known as: Dirty River”, “Rio De Las Vacas”, “Rio de Pecos”, “Rio Puerco”, “Rio Salado”, “Tanuge’impo *”, and “Tshunge’impo *

Pecos River

Latitude
29.69965° or 29° 41′ 59″ north
Longitude
-101.3715° or 101° 22′ 17″ west
Elevation
1,119 feet (341 metres)
Open location code
75XWMJXH+VC
Geo­Names ID
5528192
Wiki­data ID
Q1356561
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Pecos River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Pecosrivier
  • Arabic: نهر بيكوس
  • Asturian: Ríu Pecos
  • Basque: Pecos
  • Belarusian: Пекас
  • Bulgarian: Пекос
  • Catalan: riu Pecos
  • Catalan: Riu Pecos
  • Cebuano: Pecos River
  • Chinese: 佩科斯河
  • Chuvash: Пекос
  • Croatian: Pecos
  • Czech: Pecos
  • Danish: Pecos River
  • Dutch: Pecos
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر پيكوس
  • Esperanto: Pecos
  • French: Pecos River
  • French: Pecos
  • French: Rivière Pecos
  • German: Pecos River
  • German: Pecos
  • German: Rio Pecos
  • Greek: Πέκος
  • Hungarian: Pecos
  • Irish: Abhainn Pecos
  • Italian: Pecos River
  • Italian: Pecos
  • Japanese: ペコス川
  • Kirghiz: Пекос
  • Latin: Pecos
  • Lithuanian: Pekosas
  • Mingrelian: პეკოსი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: პეკოსი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pecos
  • Norwegian: Pecos
  • Occitan (post 1500): Pecos (ribièra)
  • Occitan (post 1500): Pecos
  • Persian: رود پکوس
  • Polish: Pecos
  • Portuguese: Rio Pecos
  • Russian: Пекос
  • Serbian: Пекос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pecos
  • Slovak: Pecos
  • Slovak: Rio Pecos
  • Slovenian: Pecos River
  • Slovenian: Pecos
  • Slovenian: reka Pecos
  • Spanish: Pecos River
  • Spanish: Rio Pecos
  • Spanish: Río Pecos
  • Swedish: Pecos River
  • Swedish: Rio Pecos
  • Ukrainian: Пекос
  • Urdu: دریائے پیکوس
  • Venetian: Pecos
  • Welsh: Afon Pecos
  • Western Frisian: Pecos (rivier)
  • Western Frisian: Pecos

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