List of rivers of Texas

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Dynamic list The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over Template:Convert of waterways.<ref name=tpwd>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> All of the state's waterways drain towards the Mississippi River, the Texas Gulf Coast, or the Rio Grande, with mouths located in seven major estuaries.<ref name=tpwd />

Seasonal and restrictive waterways

Waterways by drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger stream's name listed in order from mouth to source.

Mississippi River

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Red River Drainage Basin

Gulf of Mexico Coastal

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The Sabine and Neches rivers
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Neches Drainage Basin
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Trinity Drainage Basin
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San Jacinto Drainage Basin
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Brazos Drainage Basin
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Colorado River Drainage Basin
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Guadalupe Drainage Basin
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San Antonio Drainage Basin
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Nueces Drainage Basin

Rio Grande

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Rio Grande Drainage Basin

10 longest rivers

The following 10 rivers empty into the Gulf of Mexico. Four of the rivers are tributaries: The Pecos flows into the Rio Grande, the Red into the Mississippi River, and the Sabine and Neches flow into Sabine Lake which is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by Sabine Pass. The Canadian is a tributary of a tributary and flows into the Arkansas River which is itself a tributary of the Mississippi.

  1. Rio Grande – Template:Convert, Template:Convert of which are in Texas (although technically on the border between Texas and Mexico)
  2. Red River – Template:Convert of which Template:Convert are in Texas
  3. Brazos River – Template:Convert of which Template:Convert are in Texas, making it the longest section of river in Texas
  4. Pecos River – Template:Convert most of which is in New Mexico
  5. Colorado River – Template:Convert almost entirely in Texas of which Template:Convert are not dry
  6. Canadian River – Template:Convert of which Template:Convert are in Texas
  7. Trinity River – Template:Convert entirely in Texas
  8. Sabine River – Template:Convert of which Template:Convert are in Texas
  9. Neches River – Template:Convert entirely in Texas
  10. Nueces River – Template:Convert entirely in Texas

The Trinity River is the longest river with its entire drainage basin in Texas. The Colorado is the longest river with both its source based on river name and its mouth in the state. The longest source of the Colorado of any kind is in New Mexico.

Shortest river

The Comal River is the shortest river in the state of Texas and the fifth-shortest river in the United States. Located entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels in Central Texas, its spring-fed waters run a distance of 2.5 miles (4 kilometers).

See also

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References

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