Rio Grande
The Rio Grande in the United States or the Río Bravo in Mexico is one of the principal rivers in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Localities in the Area
Boca Chica Village
Boca Chica Village, formerly Kennedy Shores, Kopernik Shores, is a small, unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States. Boca Chica Village is situated 5 km northwest of Rio Grande.Rio Grande
- 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
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cameron, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.95619° or 25° 57' 22" northLongitude
-97.14525° or 97° 8' 43" westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open Location Code
76Q4XV43+FVGeoNames ID
4694500Wikidata ID
Q160636Rio Grande Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Rio Bravo
- Afrikaans: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Afrikaans: Rio Grande
- Afrikaans: Río Bravo
- Afrikaans: Río Bravo del Norte
- Albanian: Lumi Rio Grande
- Albanian: Rio Grande
- Arabic: Rio Grande
- Arabic: ريو غراندي
- Armenian: Ռիո Գրանդե
- Asturian: Río Bravo
- Asturian: Ríu Bravo
- Bashkir: Рио-Гранде
- Basque: Grande ibaia
- Basque: Rio Grande
- Basque: Río Bravo
- Basque: Río Bravo del Norte
- Basque: Río Grande
- Belarusian: Рыа-Грандэ
- Belarusian: Рыё-Грандэ
- Bengali: রিও গ্রান্দে
- Bhojpuri: रियो ग्रांडे
- Bishnupriya: রিও গ্রান্ডে
- Bosnian: Rio Grande
- Breton: Rio Grande
- Breton: Río Bravo
- Bulgarian: Река Рио Гранде
- Bulgarian: Рио Гранде
- Catalan: Rio Bravo
- Catalan: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Catalan: Riu Bravo
- Catalan: Riu Grande
- Catalan: Río Bravo
- Catalan: Río Bravo del norte
- Catalan: Río Grande
- Cebuano: Rio Grande (suba sa Mehiko)
- Cebuano: Rio Grande
- Chinese: Rio Grande Hô
- Chinese: 格兰德河
- Chinese: 格蘭德河
- Chinese: 里奧格蘭德河
- Chuvash: Рио-Гранде
- Croatian: Rio Bravo
- Croatian: Rio Grande
- Croatian: Río Bravo
- Czech: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Czech: Rio Grande
- Czech: Río Bravo
- Czech: Río Bravo del Norte
- Danish: Rio Grande
- Dutch: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Dutch: Rio Grande
- Dutch: Río Bravo del Norte
- Egyptian Arabic: نهر ريو جراندى
- English: Rio Bravo
- English: Rio Bravo del Norte
- English: Rio Grande River
- English: Río Bravo
- English: Río Bravo del Norte
- English: Río Grande
- Esperanto: Rio Grande del Norte
- Estonian: Rio Grande
- Estonian: Río Bravo del Norte
- Finnish: Rio Grande
- French: Rio Grande
- French: Río Bravo
- French: Río Bravo del Norte
- 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: Rio Grande
- German: Río Bravo
- German: Río Bravo del Norte
- 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: Sungai Rio Grande
- Irish: Río Bravo
- Italian: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Italian: Rio Grande
- Japanese: リオグランデ川
- Japanese: リオブラボデルノルテ川
- Japanese: リオ・グランデ川
- Japanese: リオ・ブラボー川
- Japanese: リオ・ブラーボ川
- Kazakh: Рио-Гранде
- Khmer: ទន្លេរីយ៉ូហ្គ្រែនដេ
- Kirghiz: Рио-Гранде
- Korean: 리오 그란데 강
- Korean: 리오그란데강
- Korean: 리오브라보 강
- Latin: Flumen Grande
- Latin: Flumen Palmarum
- Latvian: Riogrande
- Lithuanian: Bravo del Nortė
- Lithuanian: Grandė
- Lithuanian: Rio Bravo del Nortė
- Lombard: Riu Graand
- Lombard: Riu Grand
- Macedonian: Рио Гранде
- Malayalam: റിയോ ഗ്രാൻഡെ
- Marathi: रियो ग्रांदे
- Marathi: रियो ग्रांदे नदी
- Marathi: रियो ग्रान्दे
- Marathi: रियो ब्राव्हो देल नोर्ते
- Min Nan Chinese: Rio Grande Hô
- Mingrelian: რიო-გრანდე
- Navajo: Tooh Baʼáadii
- Norwegian: Rio Grande
- Norwegian Bokmål: Rio Grande
- Norwegian Bokmål: Río Bravo
- Norwegian Bokmål: Río Bravo del Norte
- Norwegian Bokmål: Río Grande
- Nyanja: Rio Grande
- Occitan (post 1500): Rio Grande
- Persian: رودخانه ریوگراند
- Persian: رودخانه ریوگرانده
- Persian: رودخانهٔ ریوگراند
- Persian: رودخانهٔ ریوگرانده
- Persian: ریو گرانده
- Piemontese: Rio Grande (fium)
- Piemontese: Rio Grande
- Polish: Rio Grande
- Polish: Río Bravo
- Polish: Río Bravo del Norte
- Portuguese: Rio Grande
- Romanian: Rio Bravo
- Romanian: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Romanian: Rio Grande
- Romanian: Río Bravo del Norte
- Russian: Рио-Браво-дель-Норте
- 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
- Spanish: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Spanish: Rio Grande
- Spanish: Río Bravo
- Spanish: Río Bravo del Norte
- Spanish: Río Grande
- Swahili: Mto Bravo
- Swahili: Mto Grande
- Swahili: Rio Grande
- Swedish: Rio Bravo del Norte
- Swedish: Rio Grande
- Swedish: Rio Grande del Norte
- Swedish: Río Bravo del Norte
- Swedish: Río Grande
- Tamil: ரியோ கிராண்டே
- Thai: รีโอแกรนด์
- Thai: แม่น้ำริโอแกรนด์
- Thai: แม่น้ำรีโอแกรนด์
- Turkish: Rio Grande
- Ukrainian: Ріо-Браво-дель-Норте
- Ukrainian: Ріо-Гранде
- Ukrainian: Ріо-Ґранде
- Ukrainian: Ріо Ґранде
- Uzbek: Rio-grande
- Uzbek: Rio Grande
- Venetian: Rio Grande
- Vietnamese: Rio Bravo
- Vietnamese: Rio Grande
- Vietnamese: Río Bravo
- Vietnamese: Río Grande
- Vietnamese: sông Rio Grande
- Waray (Philippines): Rio Grande
- Welsh: Rio Grande
- Welsh: Río Bravo del Norte
- Western Frisian: Rio Grande
- Western Panjabi: دریائے ریو گرانڈے
- Wu Chinese: 格兰德河
- Yue Chinese: 格蘭德河
- El Río Bravo
- Kūtsōhīhī
- Pajo
- Posoge *
- Rio Grande Del Norte
- Rio del Norte
- Río Brazo
Other Places Named Rio Grande
In the Area
Localities
- Alfredo QuintanillaLocality, 2½ km west
- Kopernik ShoresLocality, 5 km northwest
- Rancho Las LomasLocality, 6 km southwest
- Del MarLocality, 6 km north
- Las Lomas Sección VienticuatroLocality, 8 km west
- Los TomatesLocality, 8 km southwest
Landmarks
- Loma de la PitaMountain, 3 km northwest
- Stell-Lind Banco Number 128Levee, 4½ km west
- Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Boca Chica UnitPark, 4½ km northwest
- Mesa del GavilanMountain, 5 km northwest
- Boca Chica BayBay, 6 km north
- Boca Chica State ParkBeach, 6 km north
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Rio Grande. Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.