Rio Grande

Map of the Río Grande/Río Bravo (del Norte)

View of the Río Grande near Albuquerque

The Río Grande, or Río Bravo (del Norte), is a river in the United States and Mexico. The name "Río Grande" means "great river" in Spanish. In Mexico, it is known as "Río Bravo" or "Río Bravo del Norte"; and the Spanish word "bravo" has many meanings, including "brave", "courageous", "rough" or "wild", and "Norte" means "North". The source of the Río Grande is in the San Juan Mountains of the Rocky Mountains range in Colorado. It flows through the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico, and Texas, and forms the border between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. The Río Grande empties into the Gulf of Mexico.

Rio Grande Media

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  A riverine islet in the Rio Grande, seen from North Valley, New Mexico.

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  Rio Grande in west El Paso near the New Mexico state line

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  Rio Grande Gorge in Central New Mexico

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  View of the Rio Grande from Overlook Park, White Rock, New Mexico

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  The Upper Rio Grande near Creede, Colorado

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  Rare first state of Giovan Battista Nicolosi's four sheet map of North America, the first printed map to accurately depict the course of the Rio Grande (named Rio Escondido) flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

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  Railway Bridges and the Great Customs Smelter (postcard, circa 1916)

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  Bridge of the Americas from El Paso, US to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico (2016).

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  Rio Grande southeast of Falcon Reservoir, Municipality of Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico (August 12, 2007)

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  A 5-mile stretch of the river ran dry in Albuquerque in 2022