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Río Álamo
Location
CountryMexico
StateTamaulipas
Physical characteristics
MouthRio Grande
 • location
Ciudad Mier
 • coordinates
26°25′N 99°6′W / 26.417°N 99.100°W / 26.417; -99.100[1]
Basin size4,339 km2 (1,675 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationIBWC station 08-4642 at Ciudad Mier[2]
 • average3.67 m3/s (130 cu ft/s)[2]
 • minimum0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s)
 • maximum2,470 m3/s (87,000 cu ft/s)

The Río Álamo, is a stream in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and is a tributary of the Rio Grande. It is impounded by Las Blancas Dam, which was completed in 2001 and diverts water to the Marte Gómez Reservoir on the Rio San Juan, another tributary of the Rio Grande.[2]

The Rio Alamo enters the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico) at Rio Grande river kilometer 422 kilometres (262 mi), about 20 kilometres (12 mi) downriver from Falcon Dam.[2]

  1. ^ Rio Alamo at GEOnet Names Server
  2. ^ a b c d e "Water Bulletin Number 75: Flow of the Rio Grande and Related Data; From Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico". International Boundary and Water Commission. 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2010.

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