Mexico, United States
North America
Running 1,809 miles from its snow fed head
Waters in the Colorado Rockies to the Gulf
Of Mexico,the Rio Grande. Known as the Rio
Bravo in Mexico, is the third longest river in
the continental U.S . But it's also one of
America's most endangered rivers,
Droughts, more than 30 large dams, and
ever increasing water diversions for
agriculture and cities have left long stretches
of the river dry the recent years. And in
2001 the river failed to reach the Gulf Of
Mexico for the first time ever.
Rio Grande river map
