| Rio Pueblo de Taos Rio Pueblo, Taos Creek | |
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 Rio Pueblo de Taos at Taos Pueblo, | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Taos |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Blue Lake |
| • location | Taos Mountains |
| • coordinates | 36°32′35″N 105°22′27″W / 36.54306°N 105.37417°W[3] |
| • elevation | 11,312 ft (3,448 m)[4] |
| Mouth | Rio Grande |
• location | Rio Grande Gorge |
• coordinates | 36°20′21″N 105°43′50″W / 36.33917°N 105.73056°W[3] |
• elevation | 6,066 ft (1,849 m)[3] |
| Length | 33 mi (53 km)[1] |
| Basin size | 380 sq mi (980 km2)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS gage 08276300, 5 miles above mouth[2] |
| • average | 61.2 cu ft/s (1.73 m3/s)[2] |
| • minimum | 0.01 cu ft/s (0.00028 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 2,380 cu ft/s (67 m3/s) |
The Rio Pueblo de Taos, also known as Rio Pueblo, is a stream in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, that a tributary of the Rio Grande. From its source in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains it flows about 33 miles (53 km),[1] generally south and west, to join the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Gorge. On the way the river passes by Taos and through Taos Pueblo.[5]
- ^ a b Calculated in Google Earth
- ^ a b c "Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2009; gage 08276300 Rio Pueblo de Taos below Los Cordovas, NM" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
gniswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ USGS topographic maps
- ^ General course info from USGS topographic maps