- List of the ten longest Texas rivers
This is a list of the ten longest
Texas rivers. Of the tenstream s, all empty into theGulf of Mexico . Four of the rivers are tributaries: the Pecos flows into theRio Grande , the Red into theMississippi River , and the Sabine and Neches flow intoSabine Lake , which is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by theSabine Pass . The Canadian is a tributary of a tributary. It flows into theArkansas River , which is itself a tributary of the Mississippi.#
Rio Grande – convert|1896|mi|km, 1,250 miles of which are in Texas — although technically on the border between Texas andMexico
#Red River – convert|1360|mi|km of which 680 are in Texas
#Brazos River – convert|1280|mi|km of which convert|840|mi|km are in Texas, making it the longest section of river in Texas
#Pecos River – convert|926|mi|km most of which is inNew Mexico
#Colorado River – convert|1862|mi|km almost entirely in Texas of which convert|600|mi|km are not dry
#Canadian River – convert|760|mi|km of which convert|200|mi|km are in Texas
#Trinity River – convert|710|mi|km entirely in Texas
#Sabine River – convert|555|mi|km of which convert|360|mi|km are in Texas
#Neches River – convert|416|mi|km entirely in Texas
#Nueces River – convert|315|mi|km entirely in TexasThe Trinity River is the longest river with its entire
drainage basin inTexas . The Colorado is the longest river with both its source based on river name and its mouth in the state. The actual longest source of the Colorado is inNew Mexico .References
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