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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Brazos" title="Río Brazos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Brazos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazos_(rivero)" title="Brazos (rivero) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Brazos (rivero)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B3" title="رود برازوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رود برازوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazos" title="Brazos – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Brazos" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%8C%EB%9E%98%EC%A0%80%EC%8A%A4%EA%B0%95" title="브래저스강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="브래저스강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B8%D5%BD" title="Բրազոս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բրազոս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazos" title="Brazos – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Brazos" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazos" title="Brazos – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Brazos" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazosas" title="Brazosas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Brazosas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ბრაზოსი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბრაზოსი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B3" title="نهر برازوس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر برازوس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazos_(rivier)" title="Brazos (rivier) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Brazos (rivier)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Brazos_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Brazos (disambiguation)">Brazos (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Brazos River<br /><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-size:78%"><i>Río de los Brazos de Dios</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazos_River_below_Possum_Kingdom_Lake,_Palo_Pinto_County,_Texas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Texas</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazos_watershed.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Brazos_watershed.png/280px-Brazos_watershed.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Brazos_watershed.png/420px-Brazos_watershed.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Brazos_watershed.png 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Brazos River watershed</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 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Texas</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Brazos_River&params=33_16_07_N_100_0_37_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°16′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">100°0′37″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.26861°N 100.01028°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.26861; -100.01028</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-GNIS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNIS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">453 m (1,486 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div 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class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2,390 m<sup>3</sup>/s (84,000 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Brazos River</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement 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href="/wiki/File:Brazos_River_Pronunciation.oga" title="File:Brazos River Pronunciation.oga">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BRAZ</span>-əs</i></a>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[ˈbɾasos]</a></span>), called the <i>Río de los Brazos de Dios</i> (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from its headwater <a href="/wiki/Source_(river_or_stream)" class="mw-redirect" title="Source (river or stream)">source</a> at the head of <a href="/wiki/Blackwater_Draw" title="Blackwater Draw">Blackwater Draw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_County,_New_Mexico" title="Roosevelt County, New Mexico">Roosevelt County, New Mexico</a><sup id="cite_ref-usgs_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usgs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to its <a href="/wiki/River_delta" title="River delta">mouth</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> with a 45,000-square-mile (116,000 km<sup>2</sup>) <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brazos_river_tx_handbook_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brazos_river_tx_handbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Being one of the largest rivers in Texas,<sup id="cite_ref-Brazos_River_2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brazos_River_2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is sometimes used to mark the boundary between <a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a>. </p><p>The river is closely associated with Texas history, particularly the Austin settlement and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a> eras. Today major Texas institutions such as <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a> are located close to the river's basin, as are parts of metropolitan Houston. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazos_River&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Brazos proper begins at the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Fork_Brazos_River" title="Salt Fork Brazos River">Salt Fork</a> and <a href="/wiki/Double_Mountain_Fork_Brazos_River" title="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River">Double Mountain Fork</a>, two tributaries of the Upper Brazos that rise on the high plains of the <a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a>, flowing 840 miles (1,350 km) southeast through the center of Texas. Another major tributary of the Upper Brazos is the <a href="/wiki/Clear_Fork_Brazos_River" title="Clear Fork Brazos River">Clear Fork Brazos River</a>, which passes by <a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a> and joins the main river near <a href="/wiki/Graham,_Texas" title="Graham, Texas">Graham</a>. Important tributaries of the Lower Brazos include the <a href="/wiki/Paluxy_River" title="Paluxy River">Paluxy River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bosque_River" title="Bosque River">Bosque River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Texas)" title="Little River (Texas)">Little River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yegua_Creek" title="Yegua Creek">Yegua Creek</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nolan_River" title="Nolan River">Nolan River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Leon_River" title="Leon River">Leon River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_River_(Texas)" title="San Gabriel River (Texas)">San Gabriel River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lampasas_River" title="Lampasas River">Lampasas River</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Navasota_River" title="Navasota River">Navasota River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially running east towards <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>, the Brazos turns south, passing through <a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco</a> and the Baylor University campus, further south to near <a href="/wiki/Calvert,_Texas" title="Calvert, Texas">Calvert, Texas</a>, then past <a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a> and <a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station</a>, then through <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond, Texas</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bend County">Fort Bend County</a>, and empties into the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marshes</a> just south of <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Texas" title="Freeport, Texas">Freeport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brazos_river_tx_handbook_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brazos_river_tx_handbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main stem of the Brazos is dammed in three places, all north of Waco, forming <a href="/wiki/Possum_Kingdom_Lake" title="Possum Kingdom Lake">Possum Kingdom Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Granbury" title="Lake Granbury">Lake Granbury</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Whitney_(Texas)" title="Lake Whitney (Texas)">Lake Whitney</a>. Of these three, Granbury was the last to be completed, in 1969. When its construction was proposed in the mid-1950s, <a href="/wiki/John_Graves_(author)" title="John Graves (author)">John Graves</a> wrote the book <i><a href="/wiki/Goodbye_to_a_River" title="Goodbye to a River">Goodbye to a River</a></i>. The Whitney Dam, located on the upper Brazos, provides hydroelectric power, flood control, and irrigation to enable efficient cotton growth in the river valley.<sup id="cite_ref-Brazos_River_2018_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brazos_River_2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small municipal dam (Lake Brazos Dam) is near the downstream city limit of Waco at the end of the Baylor campus; it raises the level of the river through the city to form a town lake. This impoundment of the Brazos through Waco is locally called Lake Brazos. Nineteen major reservoirs are located along the Brazos.<sup id="cite_ref-river_basin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-river_basin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 489px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazos_Double_Mtn_Fork_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River at the edge of the Llano Estacado"><img alt="North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River at the edge of the Llano Estacado" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Brazos_Double_Mtn_Fork_2009.jpg/120px-Brazos_Double_Mtn_Fork_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Brazos_Double_Mtn_Fork_2009.jpg/180px-Brazos_Double_Mtn_Fork_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Brazos_Double_Mtn_Fork_2009.jpg/240px-Brazos_Double_Mtn_Fork_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1672" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/North_Fork_Double_Mountain_Fork_Brazos_River" title="North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River">North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River</a> at the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salt_Fork_Brazos_River_Kent_County_Texas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Salt Fork Brazos River in Kent County, Texas"><img alt="Salt Fork Brazos River in Kent County, Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Salt_Fork_Brazos_River_Kent_County_Texas.jpg/120px-Salt_Fork_Brazos_River_Kent_County_Texas.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Salt_Fork_Brazos_River_Kent_County_Texas.jpg/180px-Salt_Fork_Brazos_River_Kent_County_Texas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Salt_Fork_Brazos_River_Kent_County_Texas.jpg/240px-Salt_Fork_Brazos_River_Kent_County_Texas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5551" data-file-height="3662" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Salt_Fork_Brazos_River" title="Salt Fork Brazos River">Salt Fork Brazos River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Texas" title="Kent County, Texas">Kent County, Texas</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazos_River_Double_Mountain_Fork_Rotan_Texas_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River north of Rotan, Texas."><img alt="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River north of Rotan, Texas." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Brazos_River_Double_Mountain_Fork_Rotan_Texas_2009.jpg/120px-Brazos_River_Double_Mountain_Fork_Rotan_Texas_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Brazos_River_Double_Mountain_Fork_Rotan_Texas_2009.jpg/180px-Brazos_River_Double_Mountain_Fork_Rotan_Texas_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Brazos_River_Double_Mountain_Fork_Rotan_Texas_2009.jpg/240px-Brazos_River_Double_Mountain_Fork_Rotan_Texas_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Double_Mountain_Fork_Brazos_River" title="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River">Double Mountain Fork Brazos River</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Rotan,_Texas" title="Rotan, Texas">Rotan, Texas</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rath_City_Texas_Brazos_Bridge_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River at the site of former Rath City, Texas"><img alt="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River at the site of former Rath City, Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Rath_City_Texas_Brazos_Bridge_2009.jpg/120px-Rath_City_Texas_Brazos_Bridge_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Rath_City_Texas_Brazos_Bridge_2009.jpg/180px-Rath_City_Texas_Brazos_Bridge_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Rath_City_Texas_Brazos_Bridge_2009.jpg/240px-Rath_City_Texas_Brazos_Bridge_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Double_Mountain_Fork_Brazos_River" title="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River">Double Mountain Fork Brazos River</a> at the site of former <a href="/wiki/Rath_City,_Texas" title="Rath City, Texas">Rath City, Texas</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazos_River_Parker_County_Texas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Brazos in north Central Texas"><img alt="The Brazos in north Central Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Brazos_River_Parker_County_Texas.jpg/120px-Brazos_River_Parker_County_Texas.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Brazos_River_Parker_County_Texas.jpg/180px-Brazos_River_Parker_County_Texas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Brazos_River_Parker_County_Texas.jpg/240px-Brazos_River_Parker_County_Texas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Brazos in north <a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazos_River_west_of_Bryan,_TX_IMG_0551.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Brazos in southeast Central Texas west of Bryan, Texas"><img alt="The Brazos in southeast Central Texas west of Bryan, Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Brazos_River_west_of_Bryan%2C_TX_IMG_0551.JPG/120px-Brazos_River_west_of_Bryan%2C_TX_IMG_0551.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Brazos_River_west_of_Bryan%2C_TX_IMG_0551.JPG/180px-Brazos_River_west_of_Bryan%2C_TX_IMG_0551.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Brazos_River_west_of_Bryan%2C_TX_IMG_0551.JPG/240px-Brazos_River_west_of_Bryan%2C_TX_IMG_0551.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Brazos in southeast Central Texas west of <a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan, Texas</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazos_River&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sb_yellowstone_dec36.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Sb_yellowstone_dec36.png/220px-Sb_yellowstone_dec36.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Sb_yellowstone_dec36.png/330px-Sb_yellowstone_dec36.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Sb_yellowstone_dec36.png/440px-Sb_yellowstone_dec36.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="302" /></a><figcaption>An advertisement for the steamboat <i>Yellow Stone</i>, December 1836. Packet service between Quintana and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, Texas">Washington</a>, Republic of Texas.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1822, the lower river valley of the Brazos River became one of the major Anglo-American settlement sites in Texas. This was one of the first English-speaking colonies along the Brazos and was founded by Stephen F. Austin at San Felipe de Austin.<sup id="cite_ref-Brazos_River_2018_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brazos_River_2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1836, Texas declared independence from Mexico at <a href="/wiki/Washington-on-the-Brazos,_Texas#cite_note-Historic-2" title="Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas">Washington-on-the-Brazos</a>, a settlement in now Washington County that is known as "the birthplace of Texas".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brazos River was also the scene of a <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brazos_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Brazos River">battle</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Navy" title="Texas Navy">Texas Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Navy" title="Mexican Navy">Mexican Navy</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a>. Texas Navy ship <i><a href="/wiki/Texan_schooner_Independence" title="Texan schooner Independence">Independence</a></i> was defeated by one Mexican vessel. </p><p>When it was first named by European explorers is unclear, since it was often confused with the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_River_(Texas)" title="Colorado River (Texas)">Colorado River</a> not far to the south, but it was certainly seen by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle</a>. Later <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Texas" title="Spanish Texas">Spanish</a> accounts call it <i>Los Brazos de Dios</i> (the arms of God), for which name several different explanations were given, all involving it being the first water to be found by desperately thirsty parties. In 1842, Indian commissioner of Texas, <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Stroud" title="Ethan Stroud">Ethan Stroud</a> established a trading post on this river. </p><p>The river was important for navigation before and after the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, and steamboats sailed as far up the river as <a href="/wiki/Washington-on-the-Brazos,_Texas" title="Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas">Washington-on-the-Brazos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While attempts to improve commercial navigation on the river continued, railroads proved more reliable. The Brazos River also flooded, often seriously, on a regular basis before a piecemeal levee system was replaced, notably in 1913 when a massive flood affected the course of the river. The river is primarily important today as a source of water for power, irrigation, and recreation. The water is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River_Authority" title="Brazos River Authority">Brazos River Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2000 book, <i>Sandbars and Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation on the Brazos</i> by Pamela A. Puryear and Nath Winfield, Jr., with introduction by <a href="/wiki/J._Milton_Nance" title="J. Milton Nance">J. Milton Nance</a>, examines the early vessels that attempted to navigate the Brazos.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 2, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/May_2016_United_States_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="May 2016 United States storm complex">rising of the river</a> required evacuations for portions of <a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazoria County">Brazoria County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Watershed">Watershed</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazos_River&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Watershed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Brazos River watershed covers a total area of 46,013 sq mi (119,174 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the watershed lie 42 lakes and rivers, which have a combined storage capacity of 2.5 million acre-feet.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Brazos watershed also has an estimated groundwater availability of 119,275 acre-feet per year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 31% of the land use within the watershed is cropland, and roughly 61% is grassland (30%), shrubland (19.8%), and forest (11%), while urban use only makes up 4.6%. The population density within the watershed is 50.5 people/sq mi (19.5/km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Water_quality_concerns">Water quality concerns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazos_River&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Water quality concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main water-quality issues within the Brazos watershed are high nutrient loads, high bacterial and salinity levels, and low dissolved oxygen. These issues can be attributed to livestock waste, fertilizer, and chemical run offs. Sources of run off are croplands, pastures, and industrial sites, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The watershed receiving the most toxic pollution is the lower Brazos river, which received 33.4 million pounds of toxic waste in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazos_River&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Canoeing is a very popular recreational activity on the Brazos River, with many locations favorable for launching and recovery. The best paddling can be found immediately below Possum Kingdom Lake and Lake Granbury.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sandbar camping is also permitted, since the entire streambed of the river is considered to be state-owned public property. Fishing, camping, and picnicking are legal here, including on the sandbars.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river and its three lakes are popular spots for avid anglers and boat enthusiasts due to the diverse ecosystems in the water and convenient marinas nearby such as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thecliffsmarina.com/">The Cliffs Marina</a>. </p><p>Several <a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Texas" title="Scouting in Texas">scout camps</a> are located along the Brazos River, and they support a wide range of water and shoreline activities for scouts, youth groups, and family groups.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Brazos River Authority maintains several public campsites along the river and at the lakes. Hunting is also permitted at select locations along the river. Fishing is permitted on all of the river, subject to regulations. Outdoor enthusiasts have the opportunity to view the area's scenery and the wildlife on the river.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Fly fishing and river fishing for <a href="/wiki/Largemouth_bass" title="Largemouth bass">largemouth bass</a> are common.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazos_River&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Brazos" title="Battle of the Brazos">Battle of the Brazos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_Canyon" title="Blanco Canyon">Blanco Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria,_Texas" title="Brazoria, Texas">Brazoria, Texas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brazos_Belle" title="Brazos Belle">Brazos Belle</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazosport_Independent_School_District" title="Brazosport Independent School District">Brazosport Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon_Valley,_Texas" title="Canyon Valley, Texas">Canyon Valley, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Mountains_(Texas)" title="Double Mountains (Texas)">Double Mountains (Texas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Mountain_Fork_Brazos_River" title="Double Mountain Fork Brazos River">Double Mountain Fork Brazos River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Texas" title="List of rivers of Texas">List of rivers of Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_longest_rivers_of_the_United_States_(by_main_stem)" title="List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem)">List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Blanco" title="Mount Blanco">Mount Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Fork_Double_Mountain_Fork_Brazos_River" title="North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River">North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Brazos_(AO-4)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Brazos (AO-4)">USS <i>Brazos</i> (AO-4)</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Oiler_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oiler (ship)">fleet oiler</a> built in 1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_River_(Texas)" title="White River (Texas)">White River (Texas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_House_Canyon" title="Yellow House Canyon">Yellow House Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Freeport" title="Port Freeport">Port Freeport</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazos_River&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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