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Del Rio is the principal city of the Del Rio micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Val Verde County; [13] the micropolitan area had an estimated population over 50,000 in 2007. [14] Located across from Del Rio, in the Mexican state of Coahuila , is the city of Ciudad Acuña, with a city population of 201,161.
Amistad National Recreation Area is a national recreation area managed by National Park Service (NPS) that includes the area around the Amistad Reservoir at the confluence of the Rio Grande, the Devils River, and the Pecos River near Del Rio in Val Verde County, Texas. [3] The reservoir was created by the Amistad Dam ( Presa de la Amistad in ...
Devils River (Texas) Coordinates: 29°27′33″N 101°3′34″W. Map of the Rio Grande watershed, showing the Devils River joining the Rio Grande near Del Rio. The Devils River in southwestern Texas, part of the Rio Grande drainage basin, has limited areas of whitewater along its length. It begins in northwest Sutton County, at 30°19′40 ...
The Frio River has three primary tributaries; the East, West, and Dry Frio Rivers. The West Frio River rises from springs in northeastern Real County and joins with the East Frio River near the town of Leakey; the Dry Frio River joins northeast of Uvalde. The river flows generally southeast for 200 miles until it empties into the Nueces River ...
The Del Rio Clay is a geologic formation in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period . A stratigraphic column at the Mount Bonnell location starts with the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group overlain by the Edwards Group and the Georgetown Formation. Upper Cretaceous formations follow, starting with the Del Rio Clay, Buda ...
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into ...
The Lower Rio Grande Valley ( Spanish: Valle del Río Grande ), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [ 1] The region includes the southernmost tip of South Texas and a portion of northern Tamaulipas ...
Del Rio, TX. / 29.36271; -100.90144. Del Rio station is an intermodal transportation center in Del Rio, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, as well as by local bus service.