The Rio Grande , or Rio Bravo (del Norte) , is a river in the United States and Mexico . The name "Rio Grande" means "great river" in Spanish . In Mexico, it is known as "Rio Bravo" or "Rio Bravo del Norte"; and the Spanish word "bravo" has many meanings, including " brave ", " courageous ", " rough " or " wild ", and "Norte" means " North ". The source of the Rio Grande is in the San Juan Mountains of the Rocky Mountains range in Colorado . It flows through the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico , and Texas , and forms the border between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo Leon , and Tamaulipas . The Rio Grande empties into the Gulf of Mexico .

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