Rio Grande (river)

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The Rio Grande is a river which rises in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. It defines a large portion of the border between Texas (United States) and Mexico.

A portion of the river in the "Rio Grande - Wild and Scenic River" - a protected area administered by the United States National Parks Service
The Rio Grande emerging from Santa Elena canyon with the Chisos mountains in the distance. The right bank is Mexico, the left the USA.
Rio Grande in Big Bend NP
Inside Santa Elena Canyon
Rock layers in the walls of Santa Elena Canyon carved by the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park
Santa Elena Canyon
Robert T. Hill's survey party camping along the Rio Grande near San Francisco Creek in 1899.
View of Sandia Mountains from Tingley Beach on the Rio Grande in Albuquerque
Rio Grande River Marshes south of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque Rio Grande River Bed
Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Frozen winter ponds created by the Rio Grande in Albuquerque
Winter Rio Grande Bosque
Rio Grande in winter with cottonwood bosque and Sandia Mountains in south Albuquerque
Rio Grande in winter passing through Albuquerque, New Mexico
Rio Grande with cottonwood bosque passing through Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico
Rio Grande and bosque south of Albuquerque, New Mexico