Ice covering the Rio Grande River. A lookout over the Rio Grande River. Photo: Kari Nousiainen Besides fishing, activities like camping, hiking, floating, rafting, bird-watching, and paddleboarding are just a few of the things you can do along the Rio Grande. Rio Grande Gorge river in Mexico. However, the river drains approximately , square kilometers, including one US state and four Mexican states. The Rio Grande river basin and the adjacent river basins cover up to , square kilometers. The river discharges an average of 68 cubic meters of water per second and a maximum of 27, cubic meters per second.
It rises from an elevation of 3, meters above sea level and drains into the Gulf of Mexico located at the sea level. Canby Mountain is located to the east of the Continental Divide. The river is formed by several streams rising from the Canby Mountain, with the streams converging to the west of Rio Grande National Park. Pole Creek is the Rio Grande's distant source. The river continuous southwards to Espaniola in New Mexico and picks some of its waters from Rio Chama.
But before that runoff settles down to a placid river, it rumbles through far northern New Mexico. It passes through foot chasms of the Rio Grande Gorge, a wild and remote area of northern New Mexico. Join us for a Rio Grande rafting adventure this summer! Book an Adventure.
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