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References
- ↑ Rio San Juan at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Water Bulletin Number 75: Flow of the Rio Grande and Related Data; From Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico". International Boundary and Water Commission. 2005. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ↑ Presa Marte R. Gómez at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ Rio Alamo at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ Rio Salado at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ Rio Escondido at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ &Diacritics=DC Rio San Rodrigo at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tequesquite Creek
- ↑ Rio San Diego at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cow Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pinto Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sycamore Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mud Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zorro Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Felipe Creek
- ↑ Arroyo de las Vacas at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devils River
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pecos River
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Terlingua Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Conejos River
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio San Antonio
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio de los Pinos
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Fork Rio de los Pinos
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio Nutritas
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platoro Dam
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platoro Reservoir
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alamosa River
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Fork Rio Grande
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio Grande Dam
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio Grande Reservoir