Brazos River
Brazos River downstream of Possum Kingdom Lake , Palo Pinto County, Texas
Brazos River watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Physical characteristics
Source	Llano Estacado
Source confluence	Stonewall County, Texas
- coordinates	33°16′07″N 100°0′37″W  /  33.26861°N 100.01028°W  / 33.26861; -100.01028 [1]
- elevation	453 m (1,486 ft)
Mouth	Gulf of Mexico
- location	Brazoria County, Texas
- coordinates	28°52′33″N 95°22′42″W  /  28.87583°N 95.37833°W  / 28.87583; -95.37833 [1]
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	1,352 km (840 mi)
Basin size	116,000 km 2 (45,000 sq mi)
Discharge
- location	Rosharon, TX
- average	237.5 m 3 /s (8,390 cu ft/s)
- minimum	0.76 m 3 /s (27 cu ft/s)
- maximum	2,390 m 3 /s (84,000 cu ft/s)

The Brazos River ( / ? b r æ z ? s / ( listen ) BRAZ -?s ), called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 11th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km). Its source is at the head of Blackwater Draw , Curry County, New Mexico ^[2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square-mile (116,000 km ² ) drainage basin . ^[3]

It is one of Texas' largest rivers. ^[4]

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