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Brazos River

River in Atlantic Coastal Plain, Great Plains, Edwards Plateau in Freeport, TX

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937mi

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The Brazos River ( BRAZZ-əs), 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 of America at 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square-mile (116,000 km2) drainage basin. It sometimes is used to mark the boundary between East Texas and West Texas.

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Striped Bass Morone saxatilis (species)

153 Observations

Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu (species), “Bass”, “Black Bass”, “Bronzeback”, “Brown Bass”, “Brown Trout”, “Brownie”, “Gold Bass”, “Green Bass”, “Jumper”, “Northern Smallmouth Bass”, “Redeye”, “Smallie”, “Streaked-Cheek River Bass”, “Swago Bass”, “Trout Bass”, “White Trout”, “Small-Mouth Black Bass”

44 Observations

American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum (species), “Gizzard Shad”

31 Observations

Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus (species), “Bluegill Sunfish”

28 Observations

Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus (species), “Graceful Catfish”, “Catfish”

26 Observations

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Brazos River near Hempstead, TX

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Group Picnic Sites (31)

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East Columbia Boat Access

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Brazos River Paddle Route

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