The Brazos River originates at the confluence of these two tributaries in the Stonewall County of Texas. The river then flows for 1,km in the southeast direction, through the heart of Texas before joining with the Clear Fork River close to the city of Graham to form the Lower Brazos River.
The Brazos River then flows eastwards towards the large cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, before turning in the southward direction and flowing through the campus of Baylor University and the city of Waco. The river continues its southward journey and flows past the cities of Calvert, Bryan, and College Station into the city of Richmond. The Brazos River finally drains into the Gulf of Mexico near the southern part of the city of Freeport.
Lake Brazos was filled in The Brazos River Authority, an independent organization established by legislation in , continues to develop and manage the waters of the entire Brazos River basin. Today, the river continues to serve as an important water source for power, irrigation, and other resources for Waco and McLennan County, as well as other regions throughout Texas.
For full functionality please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Need Help? Text The Brazos River proved to be both a blessing and a curse for Waco, providing a constant water supply, means of transportation, and fertile farming ground, but also serving as a site of frequent flooding and destruction.
Media Images Legendary Origins : Myth and legend surround the origins of the river's name. The Spanish were lost and wandering, on the verge of perishing form thirst, when a gorup of Native Americans led them to a small river which they dubbed "Los Brazos de Dios," or the "Arms of God.
Here, a group of Baptists wade into the river in order to baptize new congregants. The town became the colonial capital of Texas. The river acquired further significance as being, at Velasco, the scene of the first colonial resistance to Mexican authority, and, at Columbia and at Washington-on-the-Brazos, the site of two of the first seats of government of the republic.
Cotton and sugar plantations established along the Brazos in pre-Civil War days were showplaces of Texas and homes of some of the wealthiest men in the state. The climate of the Brazos watershed varies considerably from temperate to subtropical. Normally, the winters are mild and short, even in the upper reaches, but severe weather is not unknown.
Temperatures of zero and even lower have been recorded. The average annual rainfall is Soil types along the Brazos vary from sandy loams to deep clay. A variety of natural vegetation ranges from scattered oak mottes and bunch grasses in drier areas to conifers and hardwoods in areas where rain is plentiful.
Virtually the entire area of the watershed is suitable for some form of farming or ranching activity. The most important products of the region have been cotton, cattle, and oil.
Originally, the Brazos was navigable for miles from the Gulf to Washington. It was an important waterway before the Civil War , and efforts to improve it for navigation continued until the early twentieth century.
Natural vegetation consists of grasses in the dry portions to hardwoods in the wet portions. Farming and ranching is possible in almost all areas in the basin. Cotton, cattle and oil have been the most prominent products.
It is almost certain that the Brazos is the river that Indians of the Caddoan linguistic group called Tokonohono, which is preserved in narratives of past expeditions. As a result of early explorers confusing the Colorado and Brazos rivers, the name Brazos was probably first used for the Colorado River.
Los Brazos de Dios, the complete name of the river, translates to "the arms of God.
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