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What is the Rio Grande?
What is the Rio Grande?
- One of the principal rivers in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (correct)
- A tributary of the Colorado River
- A river that flows into the Pacific Ocean
- A river in southwestern Mexico
What is the length of the Colorado River?
What is the length of the Colorado River?
1,450 miles
Where does the Lerma River end?
Where does the Lerma River end?
- In the Rio Grande
- In the Pacific Ocean
- In Lake Chapala (correct)
- In the Gulf of Mexico
What two rivers form the Usumacinta River?
What two rivers form the Usumacinta River?
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Which states does the Balsas River flow through?
Which states does the Balsas River flow through?
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Study Notes
Major Rivers of Mexico
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Rio Grande
- Principal river in the southwest U.S. and northern Mexico
- Originates in south-central Colorado and flows to the Gulf of Mexico
- Forms part of the Mexico-United States border
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Colorado River
- Important river in the Southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico
- Extends 1,450 miles and drains a large arid watershed
- Encompasses areas in seven U.S. states and two Mexican states
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Lerma River
- Mexico's second longest river, measuring 470 miles
- Begins in the Mexican Plateau at over 10,000 feet above sea level
- Empties into Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest lake, near Guadalajara, Jalisco
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Usumacinta River
- Located in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala
- Formed by the confluence of the Pasión River and the Salinas River (Chixoy)
- Arises from Sierra de Santa Cruz and descends from Sierra Madre de Guatemala
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Balsas River
- Major river in south-central Mexico
- Flows through Puebla, Morelos, Guerrero, and Mexico states
- Traverses the Sierra Madre del Sur and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Mangrove Point, near Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
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