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The Brazos River (/ ˈ b r æ z ə s / ⓘ BRAZ-əs, Spanish:), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Roosevelt County, New Mexico [2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square ...
The De Cordova Bend Dam is a man-made dam on the Brazos River in Hood County, Texas, United States, controlled by the Brazos River Authority. De Cordova Bend Dam forms the 8,300-acre (34 km 2) Lake Granbury. The dam is so named because of the clockwise almost-complete loop in the Brazos River named De Cordova Bend after Jacob De Cordova. The ...
Canals are human-made structures, built for water control, flood prevention, irrigation, and water transport. Their exact design varies depending upon the local importance of each function. The term 'canal' is often used to describe both human-made canals and river navigations, whether free-flowing waterways, or those with locks and dams or weirs.
Gabčíkovo Dam on river Danube; Liptovská Mara on river Váh; Orava (reservoir) Sĺňava on river Váh; Starina reservoir; Tajchy artificial water reservoirs in the Štiavnica Mountains; Veľká Domaša on river Ondava; Zemplínska Šírava on river Laborec
Dams of the Brazos River Authority — located on the Brazos River in central Texas. Pages in category "Brazos River Authority dams" The following 2 pages are in this ...
Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 Samara Dam Russia: 1955 54 [4] 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER 12 Garrison Dam [2] United States: 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE 13 Cochiti Dam United States: 1975 50.2 76.5 0.73 NA TE 14 Aswan Dam [7] Egypt: 1970 44.3 111 169 2,100 TE/ER 15 W. A. C. Bennett Dam Canada: 1968 43.7 186 7.4 2,876 TE 16 San Roque Dam
Blue dots on a map circulating widely on social media show weirs that are still in place, not dams removed before Valencia flooding.
Location of Lake Granbury, Texas. Lake Granbury is a North Texas reservoir near Granbury, Texas.It was created in 1969 and is one of three lakes damming the Brazos River.. Lake Granbury is contained by the De Cordova Bend Dam and is a long, narrow lake, encompassed by 103 miles (221 km) of shoreline.